Thank you for all the help, and sorry about the spoiler link  . It seems like Red and Dark both have a decent amount of spells so I might start over with a character for them.

Hi,

This game is a lot of fun so far, and I love the expansive scenery and feel to the whole thing.

My trouble is deciding which magic to use for my character. My character is ideally a wandering person from small backgrounds who uses magic. I was interested in the Blue Way and the Brown Way, but I am confused:

I would like to play somewhat "traditionally" as RPGs go. For example, kill monsters and go on quests while boosting my character. Looking at the spell lists that I can find [removed] however, it seems that there are only a couple of Blue or Brown spells available in the game. As far as direct damage spells for the first realm, Blue has one and Brown only has an indirect one. I would like to focus on one of these two paths, but if they don't have a good way of defeating enemies, I don't know how I could progress as an "adventurer," rather than doing more mundane quests.

If either of these Ways aren't good to focus on, do you think focusing on the Red Way would be wise? My new character has about equal will and intelligence, and could probably go either way, but 0 skill in Red so far.

Thank you very much in advance!