Voadam
Legend
Most wizards and witches in mythology and folklore could not do D&D battle magic.
Original Chainmal magic user fireballs and lightning bolts were fantasy stand-ins for artillery and howitzer fire in miniature warfare games, not modelling any fantasy or folklore.
Cloudkill was mustard gas.
Giants were walking living catapults that warriors could engage and fight.
Elements of myth and folklore and fantasy magic got grafted onto D&D spellcasters, like parting water, turning sticks into snakes, and creating food and water from the Bible getting added onto the cleric spell lists but they were not the basis for base D&D combat magic.
Original Chainmal magic user fireballs and lightning bolts were fantasy stand-ins for artillery and howitzer fire in miniature warfare games, not modelling any fantasy or folklore.
Cloudkill was mustard gas.
Giants were walking living catapults that warriors could engage and fight.
Elements of myth and folklore and fantasy magic got grafted onto D&D spellcasters, like parting water, turning sticks into snakes, and creating food and water from the Bible getting added onto the cleric spell lists but they were not the basis for base D&D combat magic.