User blog comment:Kagimizu/Character Questions/@comment-995908-20110208220528/@comment-1272757-20110208222449

Statyx: Well, I suppose it depends on how you look at it. On one hand, kinesis is not limited in use by spells; the kinetic determines what the element they are controlling does. By controlling it, the kinetic may also use said element in a variety of ways, such as striking the enemy internally. On the mance side however, the mancer controls the element through a spell with a set effect and action, rather than a kinetic who would have to make the element act in such a way, meaning less strain. In addition, a mancer is capable of learning spells of different elements, unlike a kinetic, who's stuck with the elements they're born or created with.