[quote=@Blizz]
I’m thinking I’ll go with a Cerebro martial wizard after all. I have no idea what their secondary will be though.

Here’s what I’m thinking about: Trained by a “retired” Bahamut paladin in their home, who also did Cerebromancy. This paladin taught them psionic techniques, such as telekinesis and some levitational stuff, as well as fighting skills. This paladin was like a role model for them, and they learned a lot about Bahamut’s entire ethos, though wasn’t really interesting in worshipping Bahamut. That means that they have a healthy respect for Bahamut and the teachings of honor and Justice, like growing up with someone who’s openly Christian and passively learning about the religion as a result.

Coming to the academy they’ll have some basic, homeschooled psionic knowledge and hand to hand skills, but they won’t have a level of power comparable to someone who had more formal studies because being taught by a paladin isn’t the same as going to magic school. They use their martial training to use magic, those two things are essentially intertwined. What that means, I don’t know yet but that’s what I’m going with

Focus is probably a magic staff or some other small thing they got from their teacher
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Sounds good! And now I suddenly envision what social media might look like for Magi in this reality, LOL! I can just picture your character being homeschooled and looking up magic guide videos on ArcanaTube or something LOL.