Free worldbuilding idea:
Wizards have the same trust in magic that software designers have in software, which is to say, almost none at all.
βAre you fucking kidding me I worked in a reagrent shop for a few years I donβt trust any of that stuff. Who the hell knows what other components are in the ashes.β
βYeah I was in the circle that made Alstonβs Divine Circle of Teleportation. Thereβs some pretty nasty corner cases you can get into but the headmaster published it without us. I just take ships. Itβs way safer.β
βI call bullshit on that Necromancer channeling spirits of loved ones. What did he say he was using? βMedium Conduit Ruinic Circlesβ? Thatβs just a bunch of buzzwords slapped together, and they donβt even interact with each other.β
βIβve been looking at this scroll all morning and Iβm 90% sure that the scribe didnβt even look at the standard for pyromancies.β
βHelp Desk, this is Gloriline, what did you fuck up this time?β *indistinct vocals* βDave, Iβve seen the news, and, frankly, I can see the ash cloud from here. You paid for extended support, not enabling support.β
βI canβt get this fucking spell to work, Jane, can you look it?β
*passes a scroll* *a few moments of silence*
βI think you missed a bookend rune right here-β
βGODS DAMN IT! ITβS ALWAYS SHIT LIKE THAT! THANK YOU!β *angrily scribbles on parchment*
(It takes five more aggravatingly tiny adjustments before the spell works)
I donβt play wizards anymore because theyβre too much like my day job.
Instead of a orb the wizard has a little statue of a duck he tells his spells to and then swears when he spots the obvious mistake.
You beat me to it! I was going to add that the reason why wizards and witches always have familiars around is so they can Rubber Duck at them until they realize what the mistake with their spell is!
Outsiders get it wrong and figure the familiars are somehow teaching spells to their owners, but no. Itβs just explaining to Firewing what youβre trying to do with this teleportation matrix until you realize that youβve been using telepathy crystals to power it the whole time like a FUCKING IDIOT!
