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Scorpion451 (Edited uphill both ways)
2018-03-02 20:44:24

A downplayed variant of Fake Wizardry - you do have some powers, they're just not anywhere near as good as the ones you're pretending to have.

The Myth Adventures jump to mind here; the protagonist is either a terrible wizard or a really, really good one depending on how you look at the mileage he gets out of his spells- all three and a half of them. Later on as he improves, he gets an apprentice who wants to learn to be a proper mage after doing something similar with a massive collection of Magical Jewelry.

Edited by Scorpion451
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