Arcanist

Class: Arcanist

In any field of learning there are always those who push the boundaries of collective knowledge forward and outward, whether through careful analysis or rash experimentation. Arcanists are students of The Black Tower who are gifted with a deeper understand for magic, either because they possess some inherent ability or simply have a knack for magical thinking. These students often attempt to bypass the limitations of their own magic, occasionally with truly unexpected results.

Spellcasting Tradition
Arcanists use an advanced and much riskier form of Wizardry. While they can draw upon more raw magical energy than wizards typically wield, they require much more mental focus to harness and unleash their magic, and sometimes lose control of the scope of their magic's effects.

Drawbacks: Verbal Casting, Somatic Casting (2), Rigorous Concentration, Prepared Caster, Material Casting, Mental Focus, Focus Casting (Spellbook), Wild Magic

Boons: Metamagic Expert, Wild Surge

Spheres: All except for Conjuration, Nature, Weather, Fate and Life

Sphere Drawbacks: Necromantic Limit: Reanimate (Death)

Backgrounds
Arcanists are exceptionally rare, all having undergone training in The Black Tower. However, although lower in total number, the percentage of arcanists who strike out on their own is higher than wizards, often feeling frustrated or held back by their instructors past a certain point in their education, or being deemed reckless or even dangerous by the Tower's administrators. These "rogue wizards" tend to elude proper punishment long enough become some of the most dangerous foes that must be brought back to heel by The Black Guard.