#wizard apprentice

[gavamont]

Ah shit. An apprentice came back to my tower today. I absolutely forgot about him, at some point 2 years ago i got bored of him and I sent him on a “proving quest” to bring me a crystal orb grown from the perfect dripping of mineral waters in a cave never seen by the sun.

The bastard actually found one and had to fight like hell to bring it to me. Problem is, I forgot what I planned for the reward for this quest.

[greatweaverofstars]

the position is now open

[the-discerning-skull]

WIZARD APPRENTICE WANTED

requirements:

humanoid-sized or smaller (I only have limited space!)

willing to learn and help staff my library

basic knowledge of magic (one or two spells will surfice)

nature-based magic

perks:

living quarters

access to my top-of-the-art workshop and library

a friendly, kind and experienced druid mentor

free meals/other living requirements

no pay (as of yet)

Jeremy

ask for Skull at @lixorloveslicorice's place!

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED

[jaketheapprentice]

yo fellow wizard apprentices any advice on making your mentor chill out?? he’s on about a rivalry with some lady and i don’t rly want to participate but he’s like pouring over ancient scriptures and chanting over his orb and making a rly big deal out of nothing.

[apprentice-wizard-mr-mary-mack]

Yo, kid, wanna learn some street magic?

I am not sure, what street does this magic come from?

[myspecialinterestcorner]

Wizardology and The Wizardology Handbook

[swampcreeture]

Now hiring wizard apprentice. Requirements: Cannot be afraid of snakes, dungeons, or snungeons (snake dungeons)

[the-soup-wizard]

I need help learning a third level spell Wich one should I learn

[transgender-wizard]

Since River has been complaining more than normal, I have decided to teach him another spell.

@riverthemagicwolf , are you ready to learn a wizard's second most important spell, Fireball?

[barely-living-wizard-apprentice]

👉👈 do other wizard apprentices wanna make a wizard apprentice union with me

[wizard-harriet]

My Only Skeleton War

The only time I saw a skeleton war, I was just an apprentice.

I remember how terrible it was for both sides, and only knowing what I had been told by the Truly Not Corrupt Wizard Council – In Your Best Interest, I still thought it was foolish to engage in a war. I needed to see what was happening behind the scenes. I knew that the Wizard Council was collecting a hefty amount of gold for the war, but the reserves in the tower and the supplies bought did not add up once we got started. During one of my first nights out on the battlefield, I snuck around to the skeleton army rear flank. I was surprised to see dragons driving the skeletons towards the battlefield. I watched and saw that the skeletons did not even want to fight. The wizards did though, they love the skeleton war. When I returned to our encampment, I creeped to the head wizard’s tent, and overheard him talking. “…and of course, the dragons get their cut. They stir up the skeletons, we collect the gold, murder a few skeletons, and we all become richer. And do not forget, with less wizards there will be more room at the table for dinner and more snacks in the pantry. Put Wizard Herbavene on the front lines tomorrow, he keeps eating my toffee. Yes I can summon it, but it is the principle of the thing. Straight to the bone grinder with him, I will…” I had heard enough. Being inexperienced, I was not sure how to proceed, I could barely cast any spells at this time, and I was more of a camp hand. I swore to never participate in another war, and never use my magic for violence. Only good old-fashioned violence with a heavy stick for me. Alas, the war lasted long enough for me to learn some spells, such as RUBBER BONE and DEFLECT PROJECTILE, which I was able to use on both sides of the battlefield to spare lives. In addition to this, I learned DISINTERGRATE. We all had to; it was mandatory. We practiced on the rubbish piles, and once we all got it down we never needed to take the trash out or clean a latrine again. As the war raged on, some wizards began to experience magical reflexes, and would cast spells when they were startled or anxious. Some cast spells in their sleep burning the tents. We could have cast ANTIFLAME on the tents, but the council would not authorize it. They argued that if the camp could not be lit on fire, they would have to deal with the fire brigade union and that was a bureaucratic battle that no wizard wants to enter. That night, the council had a meeting and declared that any wizard who could no longer control their powers was to be disintegrated by the council at the end of the war. Fearing death beyond death, many of these wizards rushed the skeleton line and sacrificed them in spectacularly tragic ways to drive the end of the war. Once the war was decided, or more accurately the dragons had their fill of blood, bone, and gold: the wizard council disintegrated three wizards actively exhibiting reflexive magic, we packed up the camp, and we returned to the tower. What I learned from the war was that war is not a good thing, it is not a solution, and it is often making someone rich who does not care for life. Or unlife….or whatever we class skeletons as. I don’t like calling them undead, they have a rich culture and are excellent drummers. Although this did inspire me to seek out a necromancer later in my career, that is a story for another time.

[wizard-is-girl]

Fuuuuuuuuck dude just found an embarrassing picture of myself when I was just an apprentice in a history book

Fuuuuuuck how long has this picture been here??!?!

[greatweaverofstars]

if any of you see a young man with an ugly bob asking for eye of newt, do NOT give him any. that is my apprentice and i'm trying to stage an intervention

[thelocalwizardsblog]

Hello wizards, warlocks, druids etc!

I am saddened to announce that my now former apprentice Bradley the toad has passed away of old age.

In light of his passing a new position as an apprentice has become available!

All applications will be considered! No prior experience or knowledge in magical cures and treatments required! Hell you don't even have to know magic! Bradley certainly didn't!

[apprentice-wizard-mr-mary-mack]

Day Forty-Three of my Wizard Apprenticeship

Today is a rest day in the sun as we were in the caverns all day and into the night yesterday.

We are laying on the hill of our wizard tower in the long grass, amid wildflowers and clover. The breeze is perfect, and the birds are flitting through the sky. There are some bees working hard today, and I almost feel bad that they don’t have the day off. They work hard for their honey. The highlight of the day is I finally learned about wizard lemonade, and it is delicious. One half tablespoon of acid of citrus powder, three tablespoons of cane of sugar, and one pinch of salt dissolved in a cup of warm water. Add ice and water to taste. Great in the sun with a nice book and a cool breeze, repeat as desired.

[the-ancient-wizard]

The ancient wizards basic guide to magic:

Let me tell you about my way of doing magic. Obviously, there are many kinds of magic, but this one is the one I fell in love with and follow to this day, it's beautiful in it's simplicity and usability, yet it has tangible power that is not just clouds that can be blown away by a weak gust of wind. I believe if you don't truly and with conviction love and understand your current magic, you should use this.

But why listen to me?

Well I was born about seven aeons ago. I am not some immortal demigod or strange creature, I'm a regular human, I have lived through all those years through my magic. I have explored many fields during this time but my main one has always been combat, I love combat, I have defeated many people in my time but the most notable one was the ninth aeons incarnation of the destruction and maybe the wizard Golrieaä, a powerful man with a pretty cool beard. My magic allows for infinite expression in a simplicity that can't be beat without being a cotton ball philosophy.

Magic:

Before I explain my way of casting magic, I must explain what it is in my interpretation, magic is a simple force that flows all over the world, pretty evenly actually, it seems to flow independently of our physical reality and can not simply be detected or accessed through physical means. The nature of magic in further details is quite complex, it can affect physical reality in an unmeasured amount of ways, if there is a "place" where magic usually is is debatable and since my model is MY model, there are few researchers attempting to understand it, they love getting lost in their complex interpretations with their elements and their "Truths theory" or whatever they do nowadays, so the nature of the flow is undefined, but you don't need that info in the beginning and later on you'll get a feel for it.

Practice:

My magic almost always consists of three elements: a pattern, a vessel, and a friction.

The pattern is the least intuitive, so let's start with that: Patterns are as the name suggests, patterns we use for practicing magic, they come in many forms, drawings, noises, movements, patterns are the bridge of the system, they are etchings in our physical world that the flow of magic gets stuck in and starts flowing accordingly to, creating little whirls and hops and, through this following of specific patterns "activates" and does, if executed well, whatever we want,

usually patterns require a few elements:

The Capturer:

A pattern that catches the magic and directs it to make it usable for the rest of the pattern. The capturer works by imitating the nature of magic and thus changing it's flow despite being physical, this is pretty complicated and you'll probably just copy and existing one in the beginning.

The Main Flow:

This part conveys the intention, the magic is now usually in a state I like to call miasma and can simply be shaped by a pattern, if you want a fire, you convey a fire. This is where the actual tinkering comes in, it's all very specific to your way of doing things.

The Exit:

You must always add an exit for the miasma back into the flow of magic, else things tend to break and you don't want that, yet again: probably copy paste this if you're not sure what you're doing.

Vessels:

The vessel is comparatively simple, it is your patterns medium, if your pattern is a song, your vessel is that sound, if your patterns are drawn onto a rock, that rock and the paint you used are the vessel and so on.

Frictions:

Frictions are another more abstract idea but easy to get. Simply put: magic doesn't want to do the work, you bend it's movements to your will and create magical constructs, but magic, once out of the flow, doesn't move on it's own anymore, without a friction the miasma would just float around inside your main flow, where it's meant to rush through. A friction is an unnatural state, something that required effort to become the way it is. But you can't just choose anything since it needs to be applied directly to your pattern, specifically to a part of the capturer called the accelerator, the capturer almost always turns the magic into miasma, the properties of which include, being acceleratable, meaning, if you apply friction to the accelerator pattern while miasma is inside it will be accelerated in a desired way. The manner of applying is obviously dependent on the kind of magic you do, but it could mean, killing a goat on a pattern or heating it with a fire you made, singing is the best in this since it only happens in one moment and embodies all parts of your magic, the more effortfully you sing, the stronger your magic is. This obviously leaves many opportunities, but keep in mind, your pattern can only endure some level of miasma speed, be wise.

I can still remember, I was so young, learning the ways of magic in the wizard academy and later from my master, I hated the academy, I did not understand any laws, it didn't make sense, the professors were lost in strange knowledge mazes they had built themselves, my master, Goop the kind, well his idea of teaching was much more liberal, instead of drilling strange concepts and movements and formulas into my head, he let me explore, run wild and invent, and this approach is what I believe led to my success as a wizard. The close minded people from the academy "did magic" but they didn't understand, it, feel it, love it. And so I simply strolled with joy while they worked. And we got the same results, until I realized I could do so much more, but that's a story for another time. Point is:

I hope this will help a young lost apprentice, like I once was, to find their own way or maybe even use mine.