In each of the cases I've used here, the magic skill is shown to be strong when used alone, but also limiting in some fashion. As with all characters, a magic wielding character will need to spread their points out among some competing skills to make a truly powerful character. For example, a Fire wielder who spends some points in Healing would be quite a character to deal with. Similarly, a character who could summon up a bunch of troops, and then hail down fire from the sky could be quite powerful. The summoner who has healing would have enough extra defenses to ensure a victory for his summoned warriors. Or you could make a character that is focused on melee and then just back that up with any of these three skills: Summon for shock troops, Healing for defense, Fire for the Circle of Flame spell alone. Any of these would increase the power of the melee character.​