SELF-TRAINING IN SPELLCRAFT AND PSIONICS IN THE REALMS

Self-Training In Spellcraft and Psionics In The Realms

For reasons of safety, inability to pay someone, or simple lack of opportunities for contact with suitable tutors, many folk with the Gift (the ability to wield arcane magic, so, sorcerers and wizards) or with psionic abilities, find themselves alone with their ability.

If they don’t know they have the Gift, or never experience a situation that sparks a spontaneous release of their powers, they may never progress at all. Or they may become an uncontrolled, afraid-of-themselves ‘wild talent.’

That “how you get started” situation tends to be different for everyone, and is—or should be—a storytelling moment.

So here and now, I’d instead like to talk about what you do to train once you’ve awakened your powers, and are “on the way,” but don’t have a tutor standing over you, guiding you.

The short answer is: practice.

That is, do whatever you can do over and over again, tiring your mind but building up its endurance. Practicing precise control of a magical effect, such as its location and borders of effect, the precise direction and intensity...

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