Articulate Vlish Edward Collins Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Question about mages. Can anyone become a mage, if they have the smarts for it, or do you have to have magical abilities to become a mage? Example. In D&D 3rd edition, anyone could become a wizard (although you had to train, and had to have a higher than average intelligence to become a wizard, sorcerers it's inborn). In Dragon Age, you had to have the ability to cast magic to become a mage (and if you did have magical abilities, you're forced to live in a prison- the quality ranges from "just slightly better than a Nazi concentration camp" - like Kirkwall's Gallows, and you might be safer being a Jew in a Nazi concentration camp than in the Gallows - to a prison just slithly worse than Pablo Escobar's hotel prison - like Fereldan's Circle.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Anyone can become a mage. You can put skill points to mage levels anytime in the game although at character creation you can get some low level spells for free instead of having to buy them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Plotwise, there are no references I can think of in the Avernum series to magic being something innate that you either have or don't, and quite a few references to it being something people learn through intensive training and study. Some people might have more of a talent for it than others, but in principle there doesn't seem to be anything stopping a random person off the street from learning magic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Some people are "Natural Mages" according to the trait. Others are just ordinary mages. —Alorael, who also doesn't recall anything definitive one way or another. There's also no definitive declaration that one need not be born a priest, or a blacksmith, or a farmer, though. The absence of evidence for some necessary inborn talent probably does mean there's no such essential inherent quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 "There's nothing harmful about any random person starting to summon demons" -Linda Zaego 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Zaego Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 ...but in principle there doesn't seem to be anything stopping a random person off the street from learning magic. In Avernum 3, there is actually a book that is labeled "Magic for Dummies". I do remember that the book described simple spells that included doing something benevolent (?) to one's grandparents, and spaying a pet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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