How about ironically the first highly-visible full mage was also a stage magician? So a lot of traditional stage props, regardless of their actual effectiveness, get pulled into the "world of mind" for Fenspace Mages?
"Ebony and bleached celluloid, twelve inches, rigid."
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
"Ebony and bleached celluloid, twelve inches, rigid."
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll