I've seen too much wacky crap to list that mages have done. Its called RPing in chatrooms, it teaches you how to roleplay properly (rather than some of the crapass stuff on GK o_o) although it can really suck to sit in a chatroom all day o_o
I think that with brigid, you should be able to sacrifice the use of your weapon for the ability to cast spells and prayers without a wand, that'd be cool. As long as you have one weapon free, you can hold a shield and cast a spell with your free hand
