Talk:Spell List/@comment-3980582-20120412212317/@comment-1613839-20120413134220

Well, a lot of spells are misnamed, either because the creater didn't want them to seem so bad, or because they didn't know what to call it. Here's the thing:You have three types of nasty spells:Jinxes, Hexes, and Curses. Jinxes are small and generally don't hurt. Hexes are the middle level and range from not too horrible, to nearly nasty. Curses are the worst sort of spells out there. Now, a lot of these are also either a charm or a transfiguration, for example casting Fiendfyre is a transfiguration spell as you're conjuring fire. However, it is also a curse, and a powerful one. This being the case, I classified it as a curse. So, though it's called the Slug-vomitting charm, and it is a charm, it is also a hex, and that's generally how it's used, to hex someone. Hope that makes sense, trying to explain my logic.