Wands?

[DJ]

I found the site today and I've been looking around for a bit. It seems interesting, and I'm usually drawn to magic stuff, so your Sorcerer race grabbed me.

I was a little disappointed to see wands being used. But I figured there might be a reason for why you guys went with wands and why they're mandatory.

I might have missed it, but what happens when the wand is removed from the sorcerer? Or broken?

[The Council]

Hey DJ,

Thank you for bringing this up because no of mods thought bout including information on sorcerers' wands on their race page- which is something we can now correct.

The way we've written our races we've tried to give each race their strengths and weaknesses. Even though our sorcerers are mere mortals and can be harmed or killed like any normal human- their magic is what makes them so dangerous to other races. The way we've created our sorcerers...their magic is very powerful which is why they weren't all wiped out during the war (although as a race their numbers suffered the worst). They can do many things which does in some situations give them a big advantage over other races especially with something such as the Killing Curse. Due to the flexibility of what they can do, in order to control this and assuring that their magic doesn't make them all powerful we thought it'd be best to make it so in order to perform some spells and magic you must use a wand and in most cases, verbally speak an incantation.
Our sorcerers have wands because they not only help them channel their magical energy but they also give our sorcerers more control over their magic. To put the whole idea into the from of an analogy; a sorcerer's wand is like using a funnel to get liquid into a bottle. Using a funnel decreases the chance of spillage and increases the chance of accurately pouring the liquid in the bottle. If that makes any sense?
So wands help a sorcerer control their magic, without them spells are more likely to be performed inaccurately and without them a sorcerer's magical energy will deplete quicker.

Depending on their level, some sorcerers might not be able to perform wandless magic. Usually sorcerers below level 8 fall under this category.
A sorcerer cannot perform spells that are labelled 'Difficult' or 'Complex' without a wand unless they are level 10 in the spell's category (Charms, Transfig or Curses) and and even then, purebloods have better ability with this.

Usually wands are inherited and if a wand is broken, a sorcerer can 'buy' another (the best and most common way now would be through the Council).

Basically, wands, incantations and the fact that in most cases incantations must be spoken verbally out loud and the leveling system were all put in place to keep control of sorcerer's powers in check. Without these sorcerers as a race could get dangerously close to being too powerful because they can do almost anything with their magic (within reason).
So, even though we know none of this is real and these races don't actually exist we try to keep it 'realistic' and give all races their own strengths and weaknesses.

...I think that answer's your question?
Please let us know if it doesn't or if you've been made more confused over it all

[DJ]

Nope, not more confused, haha.

I guess my next question is this: Does the 'wand' have to be a wand? Or could it be some object that does exactly what the wand does, but isn't a wand?

[The Council]

I'm sorry that confused you D:
Is there a specific point that you want cleared up?

As for your second question...
We prefer it to be a wand really or an object that has a wand within it (like a staff or a cane) because wands have magic running within the wood which (seeing as they're mostly inherited) has been collecting over the centuries and has left it's own mark within the wands.

So, for example. Our canon pureblood sorcerer family; the Redfernes- it would be the magic of a Redferne ancestor in the wand which, over the years of use by the Redferne bloodline would've left it's own magical imprint within the wand which makes it so it's only really receptive to a Redferne because it's the same magic.

But if the object was made from the wood of a wand and carefully crafted into a different object it could be used as a substitute but it may have a few hiccups when used/not be as reliable as the original wand(s) would've been.

I really hope you've not been confused further by this answer.

[DJ]

That works. Staffs and canes and such are kind of what I was thinking of myself.

Though I did have another idea.

Basically that some time in the past the Clan leader changed his/her wand into glove/forearm wrap of sorts that allowed the sorcerers to keep both hands free. The gloves/wraps gets passed to the next generation just like wands normally are.

[The Council]

Okie dokie

Spitze and I just discussed this idea a little and we both agreed that we don't think a wand would've been able to be turned into material even through using transfiguration because it wouldn't have been 'solid' enough to contain the magic within.

[DJ]

Oh I wasn't thinking of it being turned into a fabric, I was thinking of like a wooden arm wrap or glove (though giving it more thought the glove idea seems less plausible).

[The Council]

Again, i've discussed it with Spitze xD

We think it could be possible to have it in a form of a wooden arm wrap/guard but it won't be as effective as a wand. A wand is simple. It's straight and has a tip where the magic is released. But a wrap or something similar wouldn't have any real place to release the magic.
So, it'd probably decrease accuracy/effectiveness by about 50% and will probably increase the chance of mistakes/misfires.
Aaaand, will be better suited for Charms because Charms is a defensive magic. Transfiguration would be very difficult to perform and Curses/Hexes would be another poor area due to those two particular forms of magic needing the use of a direct exit for the magic (such as the tip of the wand).
So, if your sorcerer was to have this instead of the traditional wand they'd be very weak in transfig and curses/hexes but could be potentially make up for it in charms and potions.
Also, you'd have to consider the fact that wooden arm wrap/guard will probably limit your character's arm movement.

[Alexandra Roxanna Kozlov]

Since I'm not so great at explaining myself, I used my miniscule artistic abilities and came up with: THIS

I hope this give you a better idea of what I was/am trying to get across haha.

[The Council]

Oh i seeee. That's a great artistic representation
Looks really cool~

Yurs, okay, that could work :3
But we're going to say that this would have to be completely unique to your character's clan- no other clan should have something like this. Which i'm sure seeing as it's your own original idea you'll be okay with?
Because generally we prefer the vast majority of our sorcerers to have actual wands with maybe perhaps a few with a staffs/canes.