Why'd you study magic? 101 reasons you are a wizard.

[noble peasant]

I've enjoyed several of these threads so I thought I'd try to make one. :)

1- I wanted to fight for something but my stature promotes a more mind over matter approach. (I suppose that would work for a small monk too though)

2- A sell sword has little to do in times of peace, however a magical touch is both well appreciated and well paid under most circumstances.

3- To crush those who would stand in the way of progress and threaten the lives of the common folk, bending the few "talented" among those degenerates to my will. Of course ignorance and inconsideration are greater means of ruin, but they are slow and lack spectacle.

Aaaaaand go!

[kyrt-ryder]

4- to be a Ninja

[Samasboy1]

5- Succubi won't magically appear in my bedchamber.....unless I make them!

[noble peasant]

Samasboy1 wrote:

5- Succubi won't magically appear in my bedchamber.....unless I make them!

Oh man I got a good laugh outta this!!

[I'm Hiding In Your Closet]

6. The ability to work powerful magic is concrete proof of how smart you are - not even the most stubborn idiot can argue with a meteor swarm!

[Arachnofiend]

7. Being stuffed into lockers isn't as much of an issue when you can just teleport your way out.

[Snorb]

8. We couldn't all get into bard college. >=(

[Fergurg]

9. Because I run a 25 minute mile - it was learn magic or start feeding toddlers to the monsters that keep attacking my village.

10. I was born a woman but always wanted to be a man. Not look like a man, not be treated like a man, actually be a man. This requires expensive magic and it's cheaper to learn it than to pay someone else to do it.

[LazarX]

On the odd chance that people want to be serious, I'd take this one from Ars Magica.

My master thought I had promise so he bought me from my parents.

[Bandw2]

11. I wanted to be a bard but my parents told me i needed to be a doctor Wizard or else i'd dishonor the family.

[christos gurd]

12. Cause I wanted to magic missile. B~%@&es love magic missile.

[Keydan]

13. Because why only gods get to have all the fun?

[Cap. Darling]

14. Because there was magic to learn.

[Rynjin]

15.) Because a hairy giant showed up at my door one day and told me I was.

I was understandably confused.

[VRMH]

16. I have a thing for the living dead.
17. Treantmonk made me do it.

[Benchak the Nightstalker]

18. That girl/boy you've had a crush on since forever enrolled in wizard school, so you did too.

[ErisAcolyte-Chaos jester]

19.because no evil overlord ever became feared without having some understanding of magic. Even non-magical types understood magic so they would be prepared to face such a possibility. Knowing is half the battle, the other half is actually killing the pesky heroes. And that takes time.

[MuertoXSky]

20. Because fist Magic missile, then invisibility, then fireball, then blink, then meteor swarm and if the bastard still lives, gtfo with teleport ... good bye sir.

[Dracovar]

21. Blow S**t up, yo. Fireball FTW

[Dracovar]

22. Simulacrums have 1001 hilarious uses

[VRMH]

23. She won't go to the dance with me? I'll show her. I'll show them all!

[Slamron]

24. I dreamed of soaring through the clouds, so I've worked towards learning spells of flight.

[Slamron]

25. I wanted to learn to use transmutation... in my pants!

[DM Livgin]

26. Because the years of education, the month long study sessions, the sleepless nights spent searching for a single incorrect incantation, is all worth it when you complete the labor of an army in a single word (also applies to programming).

[SilvercatMoonpaw]

24. You don't like romance, and the alchemist school blew up before you could enroll.

[Qunnessaa]

28. Because I'm an elf. :)

[DM Livgin]

29. Because fighters rule nations, wizards rule entire planes.

[Galnörag]

29. Because I broke my leg, and instead of spending my summer playing outside I was stuck in a cast in my father's library, when I stumbled upon a book in the back corner filled with arcane writing.

[Rub-Eta]

31. Because crafting a 4000gp item in one day for just 2000gp is more than half a year's pay.

[DM Livgin]

32. Because prestidigitation and mage hand are gateway spells, and the next thing I knew I was casting fireballs and dimension doors. It was just too late to turn back, I never would have been able to face my family and friends.

[Randarak]

33. I found this really neat book.

34. I met this British guy wearing a trenchcoat one night in a bar, and between drinks and cigarettes he told me how the world really is.

35. I like the outfits.

[Rub-Eta]

35.5 Wanna know a secret? I'm not really a wizard, I just dress like this.

[Randarak]

35.75 ...and the hats. Wizards got cool hats...

[DM Livgin]

35.8 Wide brim pointed hats don't match full plate.

[Randarak]

35.85 They do if you enchant them well enough.

[SilvercatMoonpaw]

36. The robes and big hat mean more room to store stuff out-of-the-way.

37. Because I was told to make friends, and it's easier to craft golems if you can actually cast the spells yourself.

[M. Balmer]

38. I wanted to become a cavalier, but am allergic to horses.

39. Couldn't pass the physical to become a fighter.

40. Wanted to be a ranger, but I have hayfever. Also, bugs: Ick!

[Scribbling Rambler]

41. The groupies.

[Randarak]

42. Those succubus wrestling matches aren't going to organize themselves.

43. I always thought that there was something more to the universe.

44. Its the only real excuse for humans having dwarf-length beards.

45. My parents named me Gandalf. (True story, knew this kid, years ago...)

46. Two words "Fancy Lightshow!"

[Aelryinth]

47. Prestidigitation. Among other things, now my s*^& doesn't stink.

[Goth Guru]

48. I enlarge the fighter and make him magic armor, and the monsters never reach me.

[Lathiira]

49. I have poor time management skills. Now, I'm a wizard, so I'm never early, never late, I always arrive exactly when I wish to.

[roguerouge]

50. They thought me MAD at the community college!

[Entryhazard]

51 Because I'm sad

[christos gurd]

Aelryinth wrote:

47. Prestidigitation. Among other things, now my s*^& doesn't stink.

lean a little closer

[Phylotus]

52. Because I want to have the power to create and destroy at my fingertips, awaiting my word

[Scythia]

53. I've already put on my robe and hat, and that's a commitment I'm not about to walk away from.

54. Some laws (of physics) were made to be broken.

[Cap. Darling]

55. Because now the world respect that i need 8 hours of uninterruptet sleep.

[VRMH]

56. It was this, or getting a... job! *shudder*