FATE: Magic System

This world uses a combination of the High Fantasy Magic rules for FATE by Nathan Core combined with lore from Dungeons and Dragons and Pathfinder. Below is a cheat sheet from those works reproduced here for reference only. As we are expanding on this framework as we flesh out our world.
The flavor and narrative of the magic is far more significant than the rules here. We will be fleshing that out further in the Magical Arcana section. Psychic powers use the same rules and in truth manipulate the same energies.

To use magic, you need:

Permission Aspect - An aspect that describes the source of your magic. Available sources:

Source	Casting Skill	Title	Description
Ancestral Heritage	Rapport	Sorcerer	Someone in your family tree is not from around here. Your magical blood gives you power.
Divine Patron	Empathy	Cleric, Shaman	You are a believer in a divine power being and can call upon their power.
Pact with an Outsider	Deceive	Warlock, Witch	You made a deal with... well something. It provides you with power in exchange for?
Psionic Power	Will	Medium, Psychic	You're powers stem from your natural will and powerful mind.
Relentless Training	Lore	Wizard, Sage	You went to Hogwarts, or something similar. You have studied the mystic arts.

As well as one or more of the below Magic Disciplines.

Magic Disciplines:

Cost: first is free; 1 refresh for each additional.

Discipline	Area of Power	Description	Title
Abjuration	Protection	Magic that blocks, protects or banishes	Abjurer
Conjuring	Creation and Transportation	Magic that creates, summons or transports	Conjurer
Divination	Knowledge	Magic that reveals information	Diviner
Enchantment	Mind	Magic that influences or controls minds	Enchanter
Evocation	Energy	Magic that manipulates energy	Evoker
Illusion	Trickery	Magic that alters perceptions or tricks the senses	Illusionist
Necromancy	Life and Death	Magic that manipulates live and death	Necromancer
Transmutation	Transformation	Magic that changes the properties of things	Transmuter

Special Rules for Magic

Borrowing a Discipline

There may be times that you wish to use a magic discipline that you don't have. Maybe your studies touched upon the discipline, or you have seen it used by others. In those cases, you can either wait until you reach a milestone to buy the discipline with your available refresh, or you can spend a fate point to borrow the discipline for a single scene. This allows you to use magic that you are not as skilled in, for a price.

Magical Extras

Extra: Mage Sight

Permission: Magical permission aspect

Cost: A magical high concept or aspect.

Beings who are touched by magic gain the ability to sense it in various ways and can gain insight into its presence and use.

Overcome: Can use Notice or Investigate to gain insight into magical issues.

Extra: Counterspell

Permission: Magical permission aspect

Cost: One Action

You can oppose spells in the same ways that you can oppose any other action in Fate. For spells that are not hostile—an enemy teleporting to safety, or healing themselves—any other spellcaster can use magic to provide active opposition, if they are within a zone of the spell being cast and can narratively justify it. Additionally, any character can provide active opposition, if they can justify making a spell more difficult to cast. To defend against a hostile spell in place of the target, handle this as stated in Fate Core (pg. 159). If you choose to defend for someone else, any negative effects of failing or tying are now placed on you instead of the target.

Overcome: Roll Casting skill to overcome and remove a magical effect.

Defend: Roll Casting skill to defend against a magical attack.

Magical Stunts

See FATE: Stunts for a list of magical stunts already in use.