• Rolando@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    Hmm… In school they would be taught some magic that is not really useful but that “has pedagogical value.” At work they’d be forced to use the magic that the market demands, but it’d be unimaginative and micromanaged. But they would have some hobby magics that are very amusing but slightly embarassing…

    • merc@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      1 year ago

      At work they’d be forced to use the magic that the market demands

      Yeah, in a world where fire magic existed, there would be fire magicians whose day job was being a human-powered blast furnace, blasting something with fire over and over. They wouldn’t be out having adventures, and the use of their magic would probably be heavily regulated.

      • bizarroland@fedia.io
        1·
        3 months ago

        Counterpoint, imagine society if 2% of the population had a gun with infinite bullets that they could never put down

        • merc@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          3 months ago

          I bet those guys would get exiled. Or, if it were a religious society, they’d be sent on “crusades” over and over until they were dead.

  • Addv4@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    And don’t forget that after they die, some use for it will be found and it becomes the crucial underpinning of wizard society.

  • 🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    I mean… This is already true in most fiction I’ve read with wizards. lol

    Like the one guy in Elden Ring who thought “what if we defended ourselves with magic?” Getting bullied by the other wizards in the academy whose idea of stronger magic was just throwing bigger boulders. Who’s laughing now? The bullies, cuz he died shortly after making his masterpiece 😔