Cool, thanks for all the answers! “They're not considered melee weapons, no. They're far too flimsy, and would break if used to strike any moderately hard surface with the intent to do harm.” -Sorry,, I clarified this in a later post, I meant ranged weapon, not melee weapon. “Are you wanting to be a...

“In regards to staff and wand melee stuff, elemancers were never designed (as far as I can remember, as a non-staff member) to be melee fighters.” Clarification: I didn’t say wands and staffs should be melee weapons (currently, staffs are, wands aren’t weapons at all). I was actually questioning it....

By books, I meant the row of books in the college’s library. “In regards to staff and wand melee stuff, elemancers were never designed (as far as I can remember, as a non-staff member) to be melee fighters.” -exactly. I guess the explanation about staffs makes sense (defend in melee, attack with bol...

Hi, new elemancer here, wandered onto the forums because of questions, ideas, etc. So first, my questions. Do the books in the library do anything? I saw rows of books, but there’s nothing in them. Next, how does teaching of elemancy work? I get marksmanship and maybe channeling, but what exactly is...

I guess most of this depends on whether or not the bolt is a solid thing. But here’s a possible explanation: The cryomancer doesn’t use energy to create the bolt. Instead, he uses it in two steps. First, to shunt energy away from the place where the bolt will form (in the form of a stirring of air o...