I am not sure if any of you have read the Aspect emperor book by R Scott Bakker but in his books his mages are not just powerful they are really powerful but the catch is that there are these items (very rare ) called chorias that completely dispel any magic if it comes into contact with it, furthermore if anyone is touching the choria they are imune to magic as well. the other thing is that if they as much as touch a mage he turns into salt. SOOO when a mage comes to the battlefield if the enemy has them they will attach it to an arrow and shoot the mage down.
(I hope everyone can understand the concept because there is more to it than that....)
Now my question is that this system has attached itself to my brain and I cannot think of any other way that in a battle the lowly serf would be crasy enough to enlist and not be fried if there were no way to stop the mage or at least to have a chance of stopping him.
Does anyone have any other idea in which you can stop a powerful mage in a high fantasy setting?
the post is a little confusing I know, it is just that I am becoming very frustrated. High magic systems are hard.!!!
(I hope everyone can understand the concept because there is more to it than that....)
Now my question is that this system has attached itself to my brain and I cannot think of any other way that in a battle the lowly serf would be crasy enough to enlist and not be fried if there were no way to stop the mage or at least to have a chance of stopping him.
Does anyone have any other idea in which you can stop a powerful mage in a high fantasy setting?
the post is a little confusing I know, it is just that I am becoming very frustrated. High magic systems are hard.!!!