I really think the mages are being discriminated in SoA/ToB
In SoA, the Fighter, a brutish thug made only of muscles, gets a castle in the beutifull country, lordship and owning all the villages/villagers in the area.
The wizard, a sage, the most powerfull beings in the world get a big unfriendly, dungeon-looking globe in the slums. The globe also destoys his nabours houses, so they will hate him the rest of their lifes.
In ToB, the spellcaster is the only one NOT given any highlevel-abillitys.
Sure, they get some nice spells, but what does it matter?
What really annoys me is that the common thief and the shamefull bard can write scrolls, but not the wizard!
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We call him Bobby Corwen