Armoured Rat
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Wouldn't this be the most logical course of events in a world saturated with magical objects and beings of various types? Are fantasy worlds that seem to employ mundane and magical weaponry, with at least somewhat equal effect (i.e - a shitload of them), basically nonsensical? I've been through a few theories in my mind, and I'm leaning towards it being pretty nonsensical at this point.
Obviously it works in a lot of these classical fantasy worlds that are low magic, but lets say in something like the Elder Scrolls (I'm sure a few are familiar with that game series), where seemingly everyone can cast magical spells if they want to. Yet, you still have pretty 'pure' warrior types running around stomping on mages.
Of course, it all comes down to detail. Can the mage pull off spells fast enough for on-comers to never get a chance to attack, or perhaps cast permanent spells of some kind? But the real point is, what are the most satisfying resolutions, from a fiction stand point? I'm having a lot of trouble conceiving of a highly magical society in which the poor are a magical as well as economical underclass, and the elite are the equivalent ruling class, without getting the feeling I am missing some sort of fundamental implication of some kind that would make the entire thing highly implausible.
So, any ideas on the subject?
Obviously it works in a lot of these classical fantasy worlds that are low magic, but lets say in something like the Elder Scrolls (I'm sure a few are familiar with that game series), where seemingly everyone can cast magical spells if they want to. Yet, you still have pretty 'pure' warrior types running around stomping on mages.
Of course, it all comes down to detail. Can the mage pull off spells fast enough for on-comers to never get a chance to attack, or perhaps cast permanent spells of some kind? But the real point is, what are the most satisfying resolutions, from a fiction stand point? I'm having a lot of trouble conceiving of a highly magical society in which the poor are a magical as well as economical underclass, and the elite are the equivalent ruling class, without getting the feeling I am missing some sort of fundamental implication of some kind that would make the entire thing highly implausible.
So, any ideas on the subject?