Over the past month and a half, Aaron had successfully established an Astral Magic system through a special method.
The key to the Astral Magic system lay in bypassing the Weave and wielding astral energy directly to cast spells. Its primary method of spellcasting involved connecting with the Astral Plane and controlling emotions. As such, an astral Mage needed to meet the required standard in at least one of three attributes.
Intelligence, represented by Tzeentch; wisdom, represented by Nurgle; and charisma, represented by Slaanesh.
Khorne? Khorne despised magic.
"Anyone who likes using magic is trash. Even on a skull pillar, their skulls belong at the bottom."
-Khorne
In fact, Astral Magic was less powerful than arcane magic or Divine Magic. Without the Weave's regulation and adjustment, Astral Magic was unstable and prone to failure. At least in a spellcaster's early stages, it was slightly weaker than spellcasting through the Weave.
Yet this was also where Astral Magic's greatest strength lay.
Weave spellcasting and astral spellcasting were compatible! A spellcaster could cast arcane magic and Astral Magic at the same time, since they were two entirely different systems. It was like carrying a backup weapon an opponent knew nothing about, ready to turn the tide at a critical moment.
No multiclassing was needed. Any spellcaster could learn it!
Astral Magic also possessed another enormous advantage.
Astral Magic was unaffected by many spells native to the Realms. Third-level Dispel Magic, for example, as well as sixth-level Forbiddance and Globe of Invulnerability, had long been hailed as the bane of spellcasters. None of these affected Astral Magic, because its energy came from a different source and its spells took shape differently.
The further one progressed, the more powerful Astral Magic became.
That was because Astral Magic was not a "restricted" form of magic.