School of Rooted WisdomUncommon Source Rival Academies pg. 68You’ve studied at the Magaambya or under one of its traveling professors, learning the ancient magic of Golarion’s oldest academy. Your curriculum is self- directed, allowing you to choose a branch of study and personalize your learning. If you choose the School of Rooted Wisdom, you gain the below curriculum and school spells. This is your primary trunk of study, to which you add one of the following five secondary branches, granting you additional curriculum spells.
Curriculumcantrips:
detect magic1st:
alarm2nd:
dispel magic3rd:
safe passage4th:
mountain resilience5th:
control water6th:
truesight7th:
energy aegis8th:
quandarySchool Spellsinitial:
advanced:
halcyon mistsBranch Curriculums
Cascade Bearers
Cascade Bearers spend considerable time studying the qualities of magic itself as they seek to advance magical theory. They prize imagination and often bring a sense of playful curiosity to what would otherwise be intense inquiries at the borders of known magic. Of all the branches, these students are most likely to become teachers and to continue their research after graduation. In fact, some Cascade Bearers never leave the Magaambya, whether or not they attain an official teaching or research post. Their coursework draws broadly across the uses of magic, including attacking, protecting, manipulating objects, and seeing through matter.
Additional Curriculumcantrips:
telekinetic projectile1st:
force barrage,
mystic armor2nd:
telekinetic maneuver3rd:
levitate4th:
flicker5th:
telekinetic haul6th: cursed
metamorphosis7th:
contingency,
project image8th:
pinpointU9th:
detonate magicUEmerald Boughs
Emerald Boughs value the societies and natural communities of the present day, seeking to understand the world as it is and how magic operates therein. Emphasizing camaraderie and sociality, these students tend to be the ones that most eagerly embrace the Magaambya’s “practical magic” curriculum where they leave campus and work within communities. While some of these students have been accused of spying for the school, espionage is not an official part of their curriculum. Magic that can serve or sway others—as well as magic that reveals knowledge or allows access to it—is, instead, at the heart of this curriculum.
Additional Curriculumcantrips:
summon instrument1st:
charm,
disguise magic2nd:
revealing light3rd:
hypnotize4th:
confusion5th:
scouting eye6th:
scryingU7th:
true target8th:
disappearance9th:
foresightRain-Scribes
Rain-Scribes, who seek to explore the world and especially its unknown corners, draw the closest of all the branches to primal magic in their study of the arcane. They also embrace the “practical magic” schooling that takes them off of campus, often into the wilds of the Mwangi Expanse but sometimes beyond to other continents on Golarion or even onto distant planes. Their course of magical study includes connecting with and understanding nature, working with the elements, summoning animals, and providing for their own survival.
Additional Curriculumcantrips:
light1st:
mending,
summon animal2nd:
shape wood3rd:
cozy cabin4th:
liminal doorwayU, unfettered movement
5th:
magic passageU,
summon dragon6th:
chain lightning7th:
planar palaceU 8th:
earthquake9th:
metamorphosisTempest-Sun Mages
Tempest-Sun Mages prize physical courage as well as intellectual bravery. They feel called to defend against threats of all kinds, from tyranny and invasion to intellectual subversion and bullying. Generally having a keen sense of justice, they stand up for the downtrodden and step up whenever danger presents itself. Their classes often feature heated debates that occasionally spill over into rivalries and duels outside of class. Seeing themselves as the direct heirs to the power that the Ten Magic Warriors used to transform the world, Tempest- Sun Mages tend to see magic as a fundamental power in the service of a larger purpose to extend justice and create a better world, focusing on magic that invokes the power of the sun and strengthens their own resolve.
Additional Curriculum cantrips:
ignition1st:
breathe fire,
fleet step 2nd:
blazing bolt3rd:
fireball4th:
fly5th:
elemental form6th:
wall of force7th:
fiery body8th:
monstrosity form9th:
implosionUzunjati
Uzunjati are perhaps the most iconic Magaambyans, and certainly the best known beyond the Mwangi Expanse, because they are the storytellers who roam across Golarion gathering knowledge embedded in oral traditions and folklore. While they often travel as widely as Rain-Scribes, their focus is substantially different, for their exploration is always in service to collecting and preserving the spoken knowledge of community and culture. In addition to the magic of their own stories, they emphasize magic that protects and that affects others’ minds.
Additional Curriculum cantrips:
daze1st:
mindlink,
ventriloquism2nd:
Kgalaserke’s axes3rd:
Ibex’s harvest 4th:
telepathy5th:
mind probeU,
truespeechU6th:
mislead7th: retrocognition
8th:
hidden mindU9th:
phantasmagoria