[Nagot Gick Fel]

Originally posted by atul:
From Dom2 manual, chapter 6.4.7 Battle Magic and Magic Gems:

"(A paragraph detailing the gem use as fatique lessener)

A mage may not use more gems than his skill level in the path of gem being used. If a spell requires magic gems to be cast, the mage must pay that amount of gems in addition to the gems he used to raise his skill level."

Reading that fast, I'd think level 4 mage could use only 4 gems, total. On the other hand, the first quoted sentence _might_ refer to above paragraph, so it would mean max 4 gems could be used for level raising / fatique removing, in addition to the amount of gems required to cast the spell.

The latter interpretation is the correct one. Although a mage will never use more than 7 extra gems to reduce his fatigue, even if he's level 8+ in the path required to cast the spell.