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orichalcum ([personal profile] orichalcum) wrote2008-05-07 09:30 am
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But it's only a cantrip!

Florida substitute teacher fired for "wizardry" after making a toothpick disappear in front of his class.

I mean, Invisibility or Fireball I could understand as potential dangers to the students, but who is hurt by a disappearing toothpick trick?

[identity profile] meepodeekin.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Everyone knows that a well-placed cantrip can make all the difference.

[identity profile] retsuko.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
A disappearing toothpick would have won a substitute the undivided attention of myself and my classmates, back in my elementary school days (and we were a tough audience.)

Why do some people have such short fuses about the smallest things?

[identity profile] gee-tar.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Invisibility is harmless. Students would just slap each other on the back as a joke which would then render them visible again.

[identity profile] viking-cat.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Pfft. That's not even a spell, it's a successful skill use of sleight of hand. Call it DC 15. If over-reacting principals aren't even going to try to learn the rules, I don't know why I bother.

[identity profile] emilymorgan.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
The poor guy. Ori, where do you find these things?

[identity profile] orichalcum.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
In this case, the blog of Echidne of the Snakes. :)

[identity profile] orichalcum.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
You're right. I mean, you could use Prestidigitation for it, but he could just be a rogue. :)

Reminds me of CP's long ago planned Quest PC who would declare himself to be The Great Wizard So-and-So and have a whole lot of Quicktalk cards.

[identity profile] gee-tar.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, well, schools discriminating against rogues as employees I suppose is okay. Maybe we underestimated the administration :)

[identity profile] digitalemur.livejournal.com 2008-05-08 12:44 pm (UTC)(link)
What can I say, rogues and rangers who are hiding the fact that they're just the squib in the family? Comedy gold. My favorite spell is Mordekainen's Disjunction!