 The Lesser Arts were seen as rudimentary talents, more focused to the very nature of magic, while the Greater Arts were seen as having greater effectiveness and practicality such as teleportation, conjuring energy from nothing, and so on; it is later realised that this is a misconception brought about because there are very few Lesser Path magicians on Kelewan, and those that are have little power and training, and as a result the Lesser Path has not developed to the same level as the Greater, as it has on Midkemia (though there are few Greater Path magicians on Midkemia and it is not widely known of).Under extreme duress (being tortured on Kelewan), Pug discovered that he could use Lesser Path magic even though at the time his mind was more attuned to Greater Path magic, an unprecedented feat.The Paths are normally mutually exclusive – a Greater Path magician would not be able to invoke Lesser Path powers and skills.