Essentially, wizards are indeed weak in that the number of worthwhile spells a wizard can cast is measured in spells per decade. Want to use alteration magic to craft a better toothbrush? How many months are you willing to work on it… with that much effort, the economies of scale strongly suggest you should not make one, but a plan… a spell formula that others can cast many times to replicate the item.
It is nice to seek general knowledge, but the skill to actually make use of that knowledge in spellcasting is difficult to attain, and even if you succeed, the number of spells you can cast is still limited by the natural difficulty.
It seems what you want is not just orienting away from kings and towards wizards… I share that value, and it would be nice if more kings were themselves wizards… but more than that, you want more powerful wizards. You want it to be faster to cast better spells. Maybe I am projecting… for that is certainly what I want.
Evokes thought of the turnip economy, gold economy, and wish economy...
Essentially, wizards are indeed weak in that the number of worthwhile spells a wizard can cast is measured in spells per decade. Want to use alteration magic to craft a better toothbrush? How many months are you willing to work on it… with that much effort, the economies of scale strongly suggest you should not make one, but a plan… a spell formula that others can cast many times to replicate the item.
It is nice to seek general knowledge, but the skill to actually make use of that knowledge in spellcasting is difficult to attain, and even if you succeed, the number of spells you can cast is still limited by the natural difficulty.
It seems what you want is not just orienting away from kings and towards wizards… I share that value, and it would be nice if more kings were themselves wizards… but more than that, you want more powerful wizards. You want it to be faster to cast better spells. Maybe I am projecting… for that is certainly what I want.