Magic Points

Rank is determined by magic points.

With higher magic points, comes a wider and stronger range of skills, resistance to skills being used against them and greater physical capability. Given enough magic points, a simple self heal skill might become potent enough to regenerate lost limbs. However, pure numbers do not account for individual competence. A solid fighter can overcome an opponent with better ranking, within reason.

All villains, psykers and outers can increase their maximum point threshold through intense training. Villains also have the option to consume magic stones.

Like a videogame, skills use magic points. Using too many magic points can cause villains to become dizzy and lightheaded.

Unless a character has a scan skill, magic points are not readily apparent. Driver and Moros both have scanning abilities and sometimes share their observations.

## Rank

As soon as Driver mentions Cassian's 300 maximum magic points to the other Gadam villains, Red Eye associates the information with being rank D. A similar association is made later when Cassian assesses his own data, as provided by Moros.

This implies that rank has a rather direct ratio with a person’s maximum number of magic points. Albeit, how hard and fast those rules hold is up for debate. For example, mages and summoners have a higher baseline of magic points. Also, Black Hand has above average magic points for a B rank.

It’s worth mentioning that a plus or minus rank has never been spoken, only given in the rank boxes. Also, Moros’s scans do not include rank data, only raw numbers.

### Rank Compilation Data

For a complete run down of every instance of character ranking, have a look at the grid over in Characters.

But for a record of the relationship between magic points and rank, the following is a rundown of every time a rank corresponds with a number. There is often a slight disparity between the episode when ranked and the episode when magic points are stated.

Cassian also has a rough approximation of what his magic points had been as a psyker.

## Scans of Cassian

Being the main character, Cassian's personal growth is unusually rapid and the most well tracked out of the rest of the cast. He frequently requests Moros to scan him so that he can better gauge his own capabilities and immediately put to practice any new skills he may have picked up.

Episode 5 First scan. Cassian begins with 300 magic points.Episode 14 Scan taken after Cassian consumes his first magic stone. He gains 50 magic points.Episode 19 Scan after Cassian eats three magic stones. Gains 120 points.Episode 24 Two more magic stone boosts grant Cassian a new dual ability and 50 points.Episode 33 Cassian goes berserk and his magic points temporarily rise to over 2000.Episode 33 After Cassian gets a grip on himself, his magic points drop to about half of that bloated number.Episode 43 Moros scans Cassian during a training session.Episode 55 Scan after consuming the true magic stone from Barracuda's favored weapon.Episode 58 Cassian checks out what upgrades he obtained from the broken Dark Armor's true magic stone.Episode 77 A gift from Mujin, and Cassian discovers that he receives zero increase from artificial magic stones.
## Scans of Other Characters

Before fighting an especially tough opponent, Cassian sometimes requests Moros to make an analysis so that they can better see what they're up against.

Episode 12 Moros's scan of Driver.Episode 19 Moros's scan of Bloodrain.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Episode 33
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Episode 5
3. ↑ Episode 14
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Episode 13
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Episode 43
6. ↑ Episode 22
7. ↑ Episode 19
8. ↑ Episode 15
9. ↑ Episode 12
10. ↑ Episode 10
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Episode 77
12. ↑ Episode 0