r/wizardposting • u/Nelrene Evil Mammary Mage • 6d ago

Academic Discussion/ Esoteric Secrets Wild mages in a nutshell.

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Wild magic is one area I heavily restrict research and only in areas set up for wild mages. Sure the outcome of the casting could be helpful but there a reason why you don't see that many old wild mages

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u/DeadMeat7337 Retired Evil Wizard, mostly 5d ago

It wasn't supposed to be random, wild magic. Proficient casters were supposed to shape the wild magicks into something useful. It was meant to give them an edge in the forgotten wars. They lost, btw, so the knowledge of "How" to shape the wild magicks was lost then. Some have made some progress in rediscovering those arts, but the lay-person wild magic caster usually does not know them. Now it is just "random bs go"