r/wizardposting • u/[deleted] • 2d ago

Academic Discussion/ Esoteric Secrets Evocation-The Path

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u/Antique-Yam6077 Black Mage Beetle 2d ago

I remember vaguely, from the Black Wizard tome I’ve been reading, about the usage of evocation as a reminder of entropy, that to use too much elemental might can unravel the user. How does one keep themselves from going over the edge and giving into evocation as entropy?

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u/Complex_Drawer_4710 Sigurd, Completionist 2d ago

Philosophy, meditation, and programming.

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u/Antique-Yam6077 Black Mage Beetle 2d ago

Programming?

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u/Complex_Drawer_4710 Sigurd, Completionist 2d ago

Yes, programming. you can use it to decrease entropy.

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u/Antique-Yam6077 Black Mage Beetle 2d ago

I’m not sure what programming is, but I might give it a try.

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u/Kilroy898 Aldin/Pendragon 2d ago

As Sigurd has said, discipline is paramount. Programming is more for the machines, or for magic items if you use them in your casting. Like metamagic tools.

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u/Antique-Yam6077 Black Mage Beetle 2d ago

Metamagic tools are rods and gems that modify magic, right?

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u/Kilroy898 Aldin/Pendragon 2d ago

Among other things. Though those would be the forms most widely used, yes.

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u/Kilroy898 Aldin/Pendragon 2d ago

As Sigurd has said, discipline is paramount. Programming is more for the machines, or for magic items if you use them in your casting. Like metamagic tools.