Spell Points are basically a measure of how much magical energy, often referred to as mana, a character is able to manipulate before they are required to rest. How a character accesses and manipulates that mana is based upon their primary School of Magic, but how many Spell Points a character manipulate before requiring rest is based on the type of Magical Adept they are and how skilled they are in casting spells (i.e. the Spellcasting skill).

Major Adepts begin with a base of 15 Spell Points while Minor Adepts have a base of 10 Spell Points and non-Adepts have no base Spell Points at all. All characters also receive 1 additional Spell Point for each skill rank (not total bonus) they have in their Spellcasting skill. If the character has more than one Spellcasting skill, then only the skill with the highest number of ranks is used.

Spell Points are used to cast spells, with each spell having its own unique Spell Point cost. Once a character is out of Spell Points, he has to rest to regain them. Refer to Recovering Spell Points on p. 57 for more information on how quickly Spell Points can be regained.