Both, if you can believe it. On the one hand, everything is… lesser, more difficult. Like wading through thick mud where I’m used to sprinting. Everything requires more effort and I tire more easily with magic than I used to.

But on the other hand, there are enough commonalities — enough theoretical overlap, thematic similarities, a similar use of runes, like languages sprung from the same root — that there is still a route to work with. Perhaps the path in the forest is overgrown and hard to walk, but there is still a path, and it should grow more passable in time.

At least, that’s my hope.

And if you’re interested in necromancy, I hear you should read up on the Mortalitasi in Nevarra; they’ve got their heads on straight about it. ( Heh. )