Something I remember liking from other games, the main one coming to mind being Fable, is that when levelling and picking abilities it would usually show a small clip displaying the ability in question.

Perhaps they could implement something like a small (?) Next to abilities and powers and spells which displays a pop up video showcasing the ability in use with perhaps a more detailed explanation or even more flavorful one as a quote from a NPC?

Like if a new player isn't quite sure what the spell firebolt would do, it'd show a clip of a wizard throwing the firebolt and it doing fire damage.

And then if they weren't sure how Evocation Wizard's effect would work, it'd show a different wizard throw a fireball on their ally, and said ally being completely unharmed while surrounding enemies are burnt to a crisp?

Dunno if that's a good idea.