I finally figured out why wizards wear those blue robes and pointy hats with the lucky charms pinned to them: the dorky duds serve as antennae for the mana that they require to cast their spells! Hear me out: Mana floats about us unseen much like the ether that fills outer space but it can only be harnessed for magical purposes by those who can concentrate it into a useful force. The best way to focus arcane energies is clearly to make them laugh at you. So theurgists and thaumauturgists alike don the most garish garb they can muster in an effort to incite the mirth of mana. An unfortunate side effect is the de facto celibacy such attire certainly causes.
It's the same reason MUs suck at combat and yet still won't wear armor; mana serves only those who humiliate themselves. What better way to humiliate yourself than to pursue a career where your life is constantly at risk yet the only thing between you and the dragon's maw is a silly robe and a wooden stick? "Hahahaha," says mana as the orcs rush your ridiculously resplendent conjurer, "ok, here's your magic missile." Mana sure has an evil wit.
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| Pointy ears and hat?! Double the laughs! |
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This also explains why elven multi-classed MUs get to cast spells whilst wearing armor: they've got those silly ears sticking out of their helmets! HAW HAW HAW! From there it's easy to extrapolate why half elves are weaker spell casters than either of their parent races*: their ears have been diminished in the crossbreeding, reducing commensurately their ability to elicit the mirth of mana.
Silliness applies to gnome illusionists as well: they've got those big-ass noses to make the mana smirk. The forces of magic, however, apparently have an aversion to the hirsute--who doesn't?--thus halflings with their hairy feet and the profusely bearded dwarves are unable to focus the eldritch powers at all.
*as per the PHB 1978, half elves can only achieve 8th level while full elves can achieve 11th and humans are unhindered in their advancement
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