Meaning of hedge wizard | Babel Free

Definitions

An inferior wizard; a wizard of limited ability and little or no formal training.

Examples

“There was something hysterical about the way Mouse insisted on that ‘great,’ for to the world Glavas Rho was but a hedge-wizard, no better than a Mingol necromancer with his second-sighted spotted dog or a conjurer beggar of Quarmall.”

“"And Portravus has no mage—" said mousy Herjes, looking as much frightened as worried. "Just a couple of hedge-wizards and some assorted Low Magick practitioners. And not a lot of money to spare to hire one."”

““Hedge wizard” is a term that’s come up in my campaign to describe the proprietors of small “magic shops” in villages and cities in AD&D® campaigns. Hedge wizards specialize in minor but useful magicks, using spells like mending and knock rather than magic missile and irritation. Hedge wizards are usually low-level mages with sage and herbalist abilities.”

“To the young hedge wizard, a wizard of only 5th level seems to be a mighty archmage.”

“"I don't know of any great mage in the Bitterwood," Daene said. "Hedge-wizards aplenty, and weather-witches—every village has them."”

“He talked of magic, which she found interesting. She'd never spoken to a true wizard before. Hedge wizards, perhaps, but never someone as knowledgeable and powerful as a spire wizard.”

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