[PvK]

Why genericize things? If you give summons that are like summons from other magic schools, are you later going to want to give something like Communion, Teleport, Dispel, and Luck powers to all of the other flavors of magic?

Communion makes Astral scary, as well as the various astral items and spells that add magic levels, and not just astral levels either. As the magic that deals with magic, it has a lot of potential for players who use it from a more sophisticated perspective than just "it isn't in the top 2 cuz it doesn't have the best summons or battle spells".

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