Attainment

Attainment refers to a mage's Tier in a given Path of magic.

A Mage is any person with Attainment in at least one path of magic (and thus is able to cast spells of that path). Similarly, a person without any attainments in any path is not a mage.

A mage can, through Cultivation, improve their attainments in a path, that is, to reach higher Tiers. This is a difficult, time consuming process, relying on a combination of luck and experiences, and most mages generally do not make it to the higher Tiers in a path.

A mage can accumulate attainment in multiple paths of magic. A mage can gain attainment in a path through Cultivation of that path. This activities and behaviors required for cultivation is different for different paths, and generally all are time consuming, hence mages generally do not branch out into too many paths.