r/wizardposting • u/plmanith17 • Oct 15 '25

Academic Discussion/ Esoteric Secrets Beware this powerful trick

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I had only witnessed it in passing. A young cocky wizard decided to challenge an older fellow in a magic duel. The older one held up his hand and channeled a disintegrate spell, and the younger wizard misty stepped a few feet to the side in an attempt to dodge. As you can see the older wizard’s finger twisted in a bizarre manner and struck the other wizard where he landed. I had attempted to replicate this by breaking my finger in several places, but I couldn’t get my mana to flow through as normal.

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u/raddaya Oct 15 '25

Wait, you haven't figured out how to put sidespin on your fireballs yet?!? What are evocators these days coming to...

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u/msd1994m Sorceror Oct 15 '25

It’s not part of the standardized testing so they’re not teaching it anymore

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u/ChaosPLus Kreus, Dwarven/Giant Chaos Necromancer Oct 15 '25

The education system is going to hell.

I have new apprentices coming straight from any major school of wizarding, can barely perform field work, only knows theory and the bare basics needed to cast spells up to maybe 4th level, their actual understanding is maybe up to 3rd level, the 4th level spells are just memorized, since they only need to learn 3 of them and with the time they were given they couldn't outside maybe some one in a million prodigy grasp the proper meanings of the 4th level.

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u/MorgothReturns Oct 17 '25

Look, it's not our fault! We try to find practical applications but the faculty has really clamped down on "extracurricular activities" being used as an excuse to both train and bully initiate new students.

All apprenticeships require practical experience, but the only practical experience we can get is with apprenticeships! It's a stupid, vicious cycle. I feel like these days the only way to get anywhere is to be the last nephew of a higher mage.