Editing Wizard (section)

===In BECMI===
The very first version of the Wizard, called the Magic-User, is established here. The frailest of all classes with no ability to use armor and a measly D4 hit dice - even the [[elf]] and [[halfling]] get D6s - the magic-user depends on the party's protection, but can use powerful spells that get more powerful as they advance in levels. At 9th level, they become "Named" characters, and can choose to either create their own tower (and potentially a dungeon) to establish their own territory, attracting apprentice wizards, or they can become an employed mage for a noble, or they can keep traveling and attract [[fighter]] & [[cleric]] henchmen willing to work for them. They depend on spellbooks to memorize their spells (or to learn new spells from), and must seek out tutors as an alternative way to learn spells.

In the BECMI [[Dungeon Master's Guide]], rules are presented for making "humanoid" (monster) magic-users, representing the comparatively rare arcane spellcasters who arise amongst [[orc]]s, [[goblinoid]]s, [[fey]], etcetera. These humanoid spell-casters were originally called ''Wicca'', but for whatever reason, be it [[Satanic Panic|current events making it a bad idea to use a name that meant]] "[[witch]]" or protests from the religion that called itself by that same name, this didn't stick; [[Hollow World]] saw the Wicca be rebranded as the ''[[Wokani]]'' in its player's guide, and that name change carried over to the Rules Cyclopedia.

Despite basically using the same mechanics, the Wicca/Wokani was culturally reflavored as a [[Witch Doctor]] type; the DMG even goes so far as to describe the spellcasting process for wokani (and [[shaman]]s, their [[cleric]]al counterparts) as consisting of "dancing, waving strange items, shouting and howling". This led to their spell-list being altered to a much simpler array of spells, comprised predominantly of utilitarian spells like Detect Magic or Sleep; they don't learn any offensive spells until they become capable of casting 3rd level spells, and even then their list is small (Fireball, Lightning Bolt, Ice Storm, Wall of Fire, Wall of Ice, Cloudkill, Dissolve, Death, Flesh to Stone), but they can learn the spell [[Reincarnation]]. Their spells also cap out at 6th level, not that this matters, since most humanoids average about 2nd to 4th level maximum in the wokani class. To emphasize this thematic limitation on spells, wokani cannot learn any other kind of spell from wizard scrolls. This would eventually be split off into the [[Adept]] class in 3rd edition.