Editing Azuth (section)

===The Magister===
Mystra's foremost servant in the realms is the Magister and comes with the responsibility for promoting the understanding and availability of magic to the people. Unlike the Chosen of Mystra who need not necessarily be spellcasters at all, the Magister is ''always'' an arcane spellcaster, and typically always a [[Wizard]] as well, because other arcanists like [[Sorcerer]]s or unusual classes like [[Warmage]]s or [[Dread Necromancer]]s are too limited to be able to fulfil the job requirements.

It used to be that the position of Magister was transferrable by defeating the holder in a mageduel, which would be an impressive feat considering the sheer number of buffs the Magister gets by default. But then it ended up that the Magister would just be hounded by a queue of ambitious dickhead wizards looking for more power with no guarantee they would actually be any good in the job, and the Magister would become a recluse and hide rather than doing the job themselves, so [[Azuth]] put a stop to that practice, and sponsors candidates he thinks are worthy. Though that doesn't stop the dickheads from lining up, hoping to have a go anyway.

When appointed, the personal sigil of the Magister appears in every temple of Mystra for ten minutes and every magic user in the world feels a ripple, informing them the position has changed. Mystra has also decreed that her priests must reveal the identity of the Magister if they know it, subject to a suitable donation to the church of course.

Thankfully, the new Magister gets a 10 day grace period, where they get teleported to a pocket dimension so they can get instructed by heralds of [[Azuth]] in the requirements of the role, while usually getting access to the spellbook of every previous holder of the role, a significant prize in itself.

When they get released back into the wild, as their duty involves spreading magic around they are able to recover half of the experience cost for items they create if they give them away, turning them into an arcane Santa Claus. 

Other abilities include:
*A complete immunity to enchantment, and a +2 holy resistance to all magical effects
*Spell Resistance 20
*The ability to sense wild or dead magic zones
*They can hear whenever their name gets mentioned ''anywhere'' in the world along with the following nine words and the general direction of the speaker,
*constant ''Mindblank'' protection
*The ability to levitate, true seeing, read magic and feather fall at will and dimension door and water walk 6/day
*They can pass through ANY magical barrier of 6th level or lower without ill effect
*Complete immunity to a chosen spell of each spell level
*The ability to imbue permanency on any spell they know.
*They get Spell Focus for ''every'' spell
*They prepare their spells in ten minutes.

So no wonder everyone wants the job...

Holders of the role can step down from the role voluntarily and allow someone to take it from them ''(presumably subject to Mystra's and Azuth's approval)''. But considering it usually takes some substantial magical power to get the role in the first place, the gods would like you to keep serving.  In which case the previous holder can relegate themselves to being a Chosen of Azuth, or become a sentient magical item, or start-over by being reincarnated as a whole new person with magical gifts.