Home > Magic point

When a character uses a magic spell, a number of MP will be deducted from that characters available MP to pay for the spell (more powerful spells generally cost more MP). If a character has too few MP, the spell cannot be cast. This system makes players choose between casting a few powerful spells, or many weaker ones.

In some games, MP is replenished slowly over time, while in others a character must rest to recover MP. Other possibilities including using items such as 'ether' or 'osmosing' (stealing or absorbing) them from enemies (or other player characters).

In some games, the term MP is not used, but a similar term such as TP (technical points), PP (Power or Psynergy Points), SP (Spell Points), or mana will be used instead.

"Mana" has been used in numerous role-playing games and computer role-playing games (e.g., GURPS and Diablo series), trading card games ( ), MUDs and MMORPGs ( EverQuest), and strategy games ( Populous, StarCraftStarCraft SC is a real-time strategy computer game produced by Blizzard Entertainment in 1998. The game is similar to Blizzard's previous hit Warcraft II but has a science fiction setting. The game was heavily edited during the development process to stee and WarcraftWarcraft: Orcs & Humans is a real-time strategy computer game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment in 1994. Warcraft was developed for the DOS operating system and is available for Windows and Macintosh. The game might have various problems w series).

See also Hit Points.