Wizard
A mage that learns how to cast magic through pure study and practice of spells.
Wizards use the most brute force and work intensive way of learning spells, they have no specific magical talent and no help from outside entities to cast spells by proxy. This means that wizards have to devote significantly more time to their cast magic, but have far less restrictions than other mages. For example a wizard is not limited to spells of a certain element, and do not have to seek out other beings with new magical powers in order to grow their own. This means that, given time, wizards can become unrivaled masters of magic.
The actual process of learning a new spell begins with analyzing a spell formula and transcribing the formula onto an appropriate spell focus, usually a spellbook of some kind, due to the complexity and precision involved copying a spell can take up to several days. Then a spell must be understood, this process can take anywhere from minutes to years depending on the wizard and spell in question. Then finally once understood, a wizard can practice casting their spell until they get it working.
Because of the complexities in spell formula, before casting all wizards need to glance back to their spellbooks for reference to a spell they have not fully committed to memory. This means that among the mages, wizards tend to be the slowest in terms of their casting speed.
In part because of its complexity, wizardry is the most formally taught type of mage, meaning practically all wizards have some form of arcane discipline that they follow.
Wizards use the most brute force and work intensive way of learning spells, they have no specific magical talent and no help from outside entities to cast spells by proxy. This means that wizards have to devote significantly more time to their cast magic, but have far less restrictions than other mages. For example a wizard is not limited to spells of a certain element, and do not have to seek out other beings with new magical powers in order to grow their own. This means that, given time, wizards can become unrivaled masters of magic.
The actual process of learning a new spell begins with analyzing a spell formula and transcribing the formula onto an appropriate spell focus, usually a spellbook of some kind, due to the complexity and precision involved copying a spell can take up to several days. Then a spell must be understood, this process can take anywhere from minutes to years depending on the wizard and spell in question. Then finally once understood, a wizard can practice casting their spell until they get it working.
Because of the complexities in spell formula, before casting all wizards need to glance back to their spellbooks for reference to a spell they have not fully committed to memory. This means that among the mages, wizards tend to be the slowest in terms of their casting speed.
In part because of its complexity, wizardry is the most formally taught type of mage, meaning practically all wizards have some form of arcane discipline that they follow.
