What determines Magick vs Tech?

i just restarted the game again, just finished it last night (i am hooked). I am now going to be a bowman. Right now i have the compound bow, and i have 25 Magickal points on my meter. Now, i don't have ANY spells or anything...i started off with 15...how come it went up to 25? the only thing i have done is add points to DX and bow pretty much.

Also, if my magick is that high, should i just get an elvin hunters bow? or keep the compound. How high is too high for the magick meter to use tech weapons?

also, i forget where to get the scmematic for the pyro bow...i had it last game, it just completly slipped my mind, anyone know?

thanks.

 

I don't think you'll notice serious problems below 50 Magick apt. Then again I might be wrong - I tried to avoid using weapons which did not comply with my aptitude.

In BMC, room with a Seething Mass and some (3?) barrels inside.

 

Yr not hanging around one of those magic hotspots, are you?

For example, if you're around the mages buildings in Tarant, the score shoots up, while if yr in the factory district it will swing towards tech.

 

Some aeras of Tarant are highly magicaly inclined. Your meter will read higher there. Ditto tech & lower. At MA 50% you can only ride the steamrail from the Vermilion Station stop. Anywhere else, you are too magical.

Get the Elven Hunter's bow in the Elvin Ruins. It has +10% TH. When you equip the Compound Bow, it will show you a % chance for critical failure. I rarely push past 4%. Some tech weapons are higher tech than others. They will show a higher crit fail % while your MA has not changed. Vergil can eaisly run an Envenomed or Charged Sword, but he is too magical for a Pyro Axe.

 

Oh I don't know, it worked pretty well for him... then again, maybe I just tend towards having a deathwish...