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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 3431679" data-attributes="member: 50987">Perhaps this character owns an intelligent magic item, which contains the sentience of a powerful wizard.&nbsp; This magic item would be his tutor, giving him the teachings he needs and helping to shape him along the path of arcane magic.&nbsp; (Yes, I know it sounds hokey, but bear with me for a minute.)Since you would be handing this magic item out at 1st level, I would suggest you make it completely useless except for the purposes of teaching.&nbsp; It could be a book, a scroll, a mundane stick of wood shaped like a wand, whatever.&nbsp; Most of the time it would be taking up space in the character's pack...but when it is time for study, the item would offer instruction in the proper methods of spellcasting (writing would magically appear on the scroll or the book's pages, for example).A book like the one in &quot;Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets&quot; would be perfect...it would allow the character a chance to interact with the NPC teacher by writing on the pages and getting a written response (in an hour or two, perhaps days), but would be useless for any other purpose.&nbsp; The PC wizard could still take lessons, be punished and rewarded, and seek counsel from his NPC master just like any other apprentice...but could do it from the road.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 3431679, member: 50987"] Perhaps this character owns an intelligent magic item, which contains the sentience of a powerful wizard. This magic item would be his tutor, giving him the teachings he needs and helping to shape him along the path of arcane magic. (Yes, I know it sounds hokey, but bear with me for a minute.) Since you would be handing this magic item out at 1st level, I would suggest you make it completely useless except for the purposes of teaching. It could be a book, a scroll, a mundane stick of wood shaped like a wand, whatever. Most of the time it would be taking up space in the character's pack...but when it is time for study, the item would offer instruction in the proper methods of spellcasting (writing would magically appear on the scroll or the book's pages, for example). A book like the one in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" would be perfect...it would allow the character a chance to interact with the NPC teacher by writing on the pages and getting a written response (in an hour or two, perhaps days), but would be useless for any other purpose. The PC wizard could still take lessons, be punished and rewarded, and seek counsel from his NPC master just like any other apprentice...but could do it from the road. [/QUOTE]

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