Quote:
Originally posted by uss:
quote:
Originally posted by Helspanth:
quote:
Originally posted by Bristowe:
I actually never EVER played a mage class, not even multiclassed, IMO it just seems wrong~
I mean, it's always the courageous warrior VS the evil cunning wizard right? That's the way it's supposed to be 
|
I disagree.Fantasy has many "good" wizards too.
I think that wizards are usually portraited as master villians since they are far more powerfull than the fighters.As such it is more challenging for an adventure to have a wizard as a master villian than a fighter.[/QUOTE]Good: Elminster.. Gandalf..
Evil: Sarevok.. Sauron(i think hes something like Fighter/Mage/Cleric)..[/QUOTE]Sarevok is a straight fighter, and Sauron is more accurately described as a demigod, not confined to d&d class system, the Cleric Quintet gives great examples of evil mages, Cadderly's own father, as well as an evil cleric for a villain, the "I Strahd" books work well too, as he is a mage as well as a vampire, not to mention the entire second book dealing with Azalin. Lord of the Necropolis tells of Azalin the Lich Lord of ravenloft, in the Dark Sun books the Sorceror Kings (and queens) are high level mages on their way to becoming dragons through sorcery that drains the life from everything around them, and there are many many more examples, not only in d&d, try watching some of the old Conan movies. etc etc...
and yes it is the fighter who looks more heroic, it is always more fun to watch the underdog battle against impossible odds (ie against a mage of high level) than to see a mage flick his fingers and send the evil fighter-king to the abyss with a fireball, or to turn the mighty dragon into a lawn ornament, there isn't high fantasy and earthshaking heroics involved, at least not as far as the common folk who create and tell the stories, and they lack romance for the bards as well which could be why the tales are less told, altho i'm sure they are done by mages just as often (albeit backed up by fighters to distract the beast).