In that case, I will respectfully bow out. This is an awesome concept, and I really love the ideas you've put together. However, I'd hate to put in the work into my character only to be refused, so good luck, and I will be lurking
That's understandable, and I appreciate you being candid on the matter. If things change and I wind up with a second game or what have you, I will be sure to bring you back into the loop. Thanks for the interest, though!
Well, I thoroughly enjoy making characters, so I will be making one despite the chance of not playing. But don't feel bad if you turn me down.
I'm glad you find enjoyment in the theorycrafting, then! As do I, but again: I really cannot take a party of like 10 people ._. Especially in PbP. Apologies for the circumstances, but we'll get the characters together and go from there, yeah?
Languages. Are they a thing? My guy was a sage, an academic, so he knows common plus three others. Perhaps the Magi can have their own language? And maybe he knows it because he worked for them in the university? Or something like that?
Languages are certainly a thing: it's not been so long a time as to have racial languages and such be squashed out, and with The Magi having easy access to spells like
Comprehend Languages, it's kind of in their favor to encourage communication difficulties amongst the populace while they themselves aren't affected.
The idea of The Magi having their own language ... I
like this, but if that were the case, I am unsure of any PCs starting with being able to understand it. I almost imagine it would be something akin to Druidic in that it's rarely taught outside their official ranks and never to outsiders.
I would be okay with making it where if you start "knowing" the Magi Language, you may know a smattering of it: certain words, phrases, terms related to your field of study and interaction with them, etc., but you're not fluent in it.