wizard who only casts spells with somatic or material components cause verbal ones sound corny as hell
Bonifacius of the East looked exasperated at her pupil. "You are technically very proficient, but I shall once again remind you that you will be graded on somatic, material, and verbal spellcasting abilities. There's going to be a point where you will need to cast Xeroxophania's Unerring Opener, and a simple Lockpicking spell won't work. You cannot keep skipping your galder-classes like this."
Mage-in-apprentice Elektrian sighed. "Well, why do the verbal components all sound so... You know..."
"What," their teacher asked, "Silly? I will have you know that there is a long and storied tradition behind each of these beautiful poems of spellcraft. You expect to handle channeling the wondrous powers of Cicero's Rhetorical Pentagram through nothing but your fragile body and a few crystals? You are a fool, my apprentice, if you believe so. This is well known."
"I just. It's embarrassing."
"Spellcraft often is. Now, from the top: Recite the verbal component for Vladimir's Hand of Levity"
"Do I have to? Can't I just do Vladimir's Impeccable Teeth?"
"You may not."
"Ughhhh. Ok, fine. 'Sausage-fingers, The hand what lingers-"
"Properly"
"Sausage-fingers,
The hand what lingers
Nails of cheese,
Grasp of bees
Take my hand,
Let me understand
Beasts of rubber
Before supper
I cast, in brevity:
Vladimir's Hand of Levity"
