Talk:Oniwaka/@comment-208.169.90.206-20150525034807/@comment-98.221.3.160-20150604142038

I understand what you mean, but the series uses subspecies for a specific thing. It means you have a blessing, a different colored skin, and a power related to the blessing.

Monster clerics, mages, etc. could/should be called variants or subspecies, but the author already used both terms for the same thing. (Subspecies is written so it can be read as variant) So there just isn't an easy term to describe hobgoblins and ogres with magic abilities. Keep in mind though that monsters cannot normally learn magic by studying it. They need to rank up into a _______ mage/cleric, etc.