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Unlike Diablo II with its skill trees of unique abilities for each character, Diablo featured no special attack skills at all. In Diablo and Hellfire all of the characters can cast the same spells from scrolls, charges on staffsstaves, or from memory, after learning the spells by reading spell books.
==Spell Basics==
** The magic required to read a scroll is always the same no matter your level in that spell.
***The magic requirement to read a scroll is generally about 20% lower than the requirement to read the level 1 book in that skill. [[D1_Spellbooks#Mana_Costs_for_Spells|Values listed below]].
* Most spells can be found in charges on items; on staffs staves and some unique items. Some Hellfire spells can only be found on staffsstaves.
==The Spellbook==
* Only found in multiplayer games: Heal Other, Resurrect.
* Scrolls only: Identify, Infravision.
* Scrolls/Staffs Staves only: Resurrect, Apocalypse, Nova. (Apocalypse and Nova exist in book form in Hellfire.)
* Spells added in Hellfire: Lightning Wall, Immolation, Warp, Reflect, Berserk, Ring of Fire, Search, Jester, Magi, Mana.
** Staffs Staves only: Jester, Magi, Mana.
==Character Inherent Skills==
Casting spells from scrolls and staff charges does not cost any mana, but there are magic requirements.
* StaffsStaves: Magic requirement is equal to the magic required to read the level 1 book. * Scrolls: Magic req is usually lower than staffsstaves/book reading.
* '''Speed: '''Hits everything in range when cast.
* '''Blockable: '''Yes
* '''Available: '''Scrolls and staffs staves only in Diablo. On books as well in Hellfire, but the only way to get a book is to kill Na-Krul.
A powerful lightning spell, Nova sends out an explosion of lighting in an expanding circle; albeit one riddled with gaps. Nova is more useful than Chain Lightning only when totally surrounded by monsters, when the sprite limits would cut Chain Lightning's effectiveness.
Nova is only found on scrolls and staffs staves in Diablo. In Hellfire it can be found in book form.
* '''Spell: '''Nova
* '''Type:''' lightning
===Jester===
[[Image:D1-icon-jester.jpg|frame]]
Jester is only found on staffsstaves. Jester staffs staves will cast a semi-random spell each time the charges are used. Spells are fired at the character's appropriate Slvl, or at level 1 if the character has not yet read a book for that spell.
Spells included are:
* '''Firebolt: '''20%
===Magi===
[[Image:D1-icon-mana.jpg|frame]]
Found only in charges on staffsstaves, the Magi charges work like drinking a full mana potion. They completely refill the mana of the caster, unlike the partial mana fill granted by the Mana charges.
===Mana===
