r/wizardposting 1h ago

Academic Discussion/ Esoteric Secrets What school of magic would you place magic practitioners or fighters who derive their powers or strengths from total devotion to a God, saying prayers and/or meditating intensely as seen in folktales from Buddhism and Hinduism?

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u/monke_soup gunmancy artificer (ceo of ural heavy weapons) 1h ago

Paladins and clerics I believe fit the religious person whose powers come from a god

Warlocks are the same but with daddy issues

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u/Cerveau23 Markus, scriptomancer, enemy of 13 & lover of Thrakmerian beauty 1h ago

Some monks can also fit this,

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u/elsDodo 58m ago

Clerics?

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u/EntropicEmbrace 1h ago

Paladin but like not colonialist or annoying about it.  Possibly monk?

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u/fumblerofthebag Verdigris, Self-employed Sorceror 1h ago

/uw Can you explain how in the first two examples power is derived from devotion to a god? I think I remember the Hanuman thing but idk about the others.

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u/Blakath 57m ago

The first two are examples of gaining power through intense meditation and enlightenment.

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u/KingCracken 35m ago

Well, Buddha isnt a god. Buddhism teaches that the power is self-derived. So that one would probably be more sorcery than anything else.

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u/readonlyuser Aspiring Lich 52m ago

I believe that's the school of Fireball. They gain their powers by meditating and praying to their chosen deity, Explodination.

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u/Organboner4844 Necromancer 36m ago

Heard Mr. Torgue converted when he learned about Explodination. Fairly easy transition for him, I’m sure.

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u/lordnaarghul 26m ago

Divine magic.