tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283938885302784821.post915343861397671022..comments2024-03-28T00:42:25.420-07:00Comments on Grognardling: Twenty Questions, Part 2: Magic User GuildsChristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16988517412357391012noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283938885302784821.post-10777447453304372032011-07-24T05:04:15.149-07:002011-07-24T05:04:15.149-07:00This is a good start. I favor answers 2 and 3 for...This is a good start. I favor answers 2 and 3 for my current campaign. Magic is too rare to organize in schools or conclaves.Jeff Rientshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283938885302784821.post-50439221438784947922011-07-22T01:14:22.279-07:002011-07-22T01:14:22.279-07:00Interesting...
I've got an Elementalist (Drag...Interesting...<br /><br />I've got an Elementalist (Dragon Warriors rather than OD&D, but the concepts are similar) that was trained at The Azure Tower, which places rather loose but interesting restrictions on him.<br /><br />I tend to treat 'mage guilds' as of a core group of researchers or enchanters, and looser affiliated adventurer types that reap some of the advantages in return for doing the more dangerous or unpleasant work. And they tend to be locally based, by city or region, with little influence outside of this.<br /><br />Mages also have the places they trained - in my case, The Azure Tower, a small but exclusive order of air elementalists, based in one city, who have both magical and political interests. This is kind of like a past school or university, and gives them certain skills, handicaps or interests, and is a key matter of pride or regret to the mage. Meeting other past students, or members of guilds the school is feuding with is always interesting, and the personal touch of a past fellow student or tutor needing assistance is often a good 'hook'.<br /><br />Keep up the 20 questions - I'll be watching with interest.Pukakohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604000793097504083noreply@blogger.com