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What irl career is closest to wizard?
What wizards do is study, understand, and then utilize one of the facets of their reality. Years of research is required to enact said practice, and even more years of active practice to become respected.
Pick a Science, and that’s a wizard. Physics? Classic wizardry of spacetime. Phycologists? Physics, mages of the mind. Engineering? Artificers. Biology? Ever hear of the Simic Conclave?