They are not skills, but new weapons with supporting food and armor and boss power all from the ML area.

The food requires a rather rare ingredient making it difficult to run 24/7 magic, and you can't do it without the food. If you are looking to be a full time mage, its a struggle. If you just want to blow things up once in a while... ok.

you can of course just cheat in the stuff. A frost staff and the blue mushrooms would let you play from day 1 as a mage without the rest of it which is overwhelmingly powerful. Ease the other stuff in as you get to the mountains. Might be a fun experience if you don't mind cheating.