The spells in TS2 were better even though they leaned too much on reagents than knowledge. They enabled your sims to do things not already in the game. You could even make objects, from little statues to chairs that actually impacted the sim's needs. When studying magic the sim, book & stand, and the cauldron would change appearance depending on what school was being studied and the direction one was going. While a side element to the pack it was in, the witch option comes across as better thought out and developed than this whole pack.