Minor magics for wizards

[JohnPaulB]

I have 2 views of Cantrips

1) They are what Wizard Apprentices practice on initially to gain magic theory and confidence. Also the Wizard Master knows the kids'll play them on each other till they either hurt someone or get bored with it.

The very young apprentices outgrow these trainer spells so quickly that they after several years of doing magic, they have forgotten the spells or the fact that they ever did them. If reminded years later they say "yea... we did do that as novices. Damned if I can remember how to do it now." They would have to be relearned as adults.

2) This is training of hedge magic by those who usually get their magic by their own bootstraps. This is for those who live in a community of Heroes, who know nothing about magic, and the figure was born a Wizard. These are the types of spells that would just happen around him. And soon he recognizes that he is causing these things to happen in the special way he thinks and certain patterns he does with his hands, arms, legs, whatever. When he finds out there are magic users, it becomes his life's purpose to find one to learn from.

2a) This is what a country witch might have as part of her repertoire along with other spells.