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<blockquote data-quote="Garthanos" data-source="post: 7043152" data-attributes="member: 82504"><p><span style="color: #000000">The following occurred to me after someone well kept on insisting Warlords couldn't be martial that their healing had to be magic, and couldn't see how could they influence other players without magic etc etc ... Well I thought this a question of flavor and honestly Warlords can indeed be quite magical arguably when they describe martial power as "</span>Martial powers are not magic in the traditional sense"... they were also saying not entirely mundane.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Most of the time I really like Warlords specifically for let's call it naturalistic flavor and for their tactics (Tactical being my favorite type with Alexander the Great) but sometimes I want to drench it with the flavor of Arthurian Myth and that of bloodlines dripping with "magic."</span></p><p></p><p><strong>The Blood of Kings</strong></p><p></p><p>Bloodline magic is an age old concept far older than its association with D&Ds sorcerers (which is indeed akin to the Daemonic heritage of Merlin and other spell caster's). In fact the idea of being descendants of<strong> Dragons</strong> and <strong>Gods</strong>, <strong>Daemons</strong> and <strong>Fae</strong> is very common in legend and myth and carries with it a magic both potent and sublime.</p><p></p><p></p><p>This is the kind of magic where true oaths can bring back the dead and your magic item only responds to those of your blood and oaths of allegiance create brotherhoods whose unity grants them power. It might involve fated companions and is often focused through marks of authority. It can involve influence of followers, and those under your jurisdiction or whom you have mastered by force of arms. It could involve your lands health and prosperity being influenced by yours like ancient Celtic Kings. It might include Fate and Destiny manipulation and it's price is often marked in units of charity or service to your fellow man.</p><p></p><p>This magic is not that of a spell caster in any classic sense and is more subtle than any sorcery. It is the Magic when Uther smashes caldwych/excalibur in to the stone and declares only he and his will have it. Its the magic which causes Aragorns hand to catalyze a weed in to a healing herb. Its the magic when the bearer of the Sword of Truth drives his companions in to a berzerkergang. Its the magic which causes Arthur's enemies to crown him king in spite of their own desires and its focused through his famous Sword of Kingship and again Aragorn calling in the oaths of the unforgiven dead.</p><p></p><p>From the ancient Greek - hero which were almost entirely half-gods to the royal lines of many real world places which attribute their kingship and nobility with blood of Dragon's and Gods to those like Aragorn who invokes his bloodline to great and epic effect more than once in Tolkien's chronicles to Arthurian Legend where you have Galahad/Lancelot blood descendants of Joseph of Arimathea and who's skin turns aside thorned plants and resists boiling heat with confidence to Gawaine and his family bearing a fae blood-line granting a gift of sun born strength each with empowered and awakened blood.</p><p></p><p>In a world where oaths are bindings of magic it is warlords who are creators of paladins and shamans the creators of spirit warriors.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Garthanos, post: 7043152, member: 82504"] [COLOR=#000000]The following occurred to me after someone well kept on insisting Warlords couldn't be martial that their healing had to be magic, and couldn't see how could they influence other players without magic etc etc ... Well I thought this a question of flavor and honestly Warlords can indeed be quite magical arguably when they describe martial power as "[/COLOR]Martial powers are not magic in the traditional sense"... they were also saying not entirely mundane. [COLOR=#000000]Most of the time I really like Warlords specifically for let's call it naturalistic flavor and for their tactics (Tactical being my favorite type with Alexander the Great) but sometimes I want to drench it with the flavor of Arthurian Myth and that of bloodlines dripping with "magic."[/COLOR] [B]The Blood of Kings[/B] Bloodline magic is an age old concept far older than its association with D&Ds sorcerers (which is indeed akin to the Daemonic heritage of Merlin and other spell caster's). In fact the idea of being descendants of[B] Dragons[/B] and [B]Gods[/B], [B]Daemons[/B] and [B]Fae[/B] is very common in legend and myth and carries with it a magic both potent and sublime. This is the kind of magic where true oaths can bring back the dead and your magic item only responds to those of your blood and oaths of allegiance create brotherhoods whose unity grants them power. It might involve fated companions and is often focused through marks of authority. It can involve influence of followers, and those under your jurisdiction or whom you have mastered by force of arms. It could involve your lands health and prosperity being influenced by yours like ancient Celtic Kings. It might include Fate and Destiny manipulation and it's price is often marked in units of charity or service to your fellow man. This magic is not that of a spell caster in any classic sense and is more subtle than any sorcery. It is the Magic when Uther smashes caldwych/excalibur in to the stone and declares only he and his will have it. Its the magic which causes Aragorns hand to catalyze a weed in to a healing herb. Its the magic when the bearer of the Sword of Truth drives his companions in to a berzerkergang. Its the magic which causes Arthur's enemies to crown him king in spite of their own desires and its focused through his famous Sword of Kingship and again Aragorn calling in the oaths of the unforgiven dead. From the ancient Greek - hero which were almost entirely half-gods to the royal lines of many real world places which attribute their kingship and nobility with blood of Dragon's and Gods to those like Aragorn who invokes his bloodline to great and epic effect more than once in Tolkien's chronicles to Arthurian Legend where you have Galahad/Lancelot blood descendants of Joseph of Arimathea and who's skin turns aside thorned plants and resists boiling heat with confidence to Gawaine and his family bearing a fae blood-line granting a gift of sun born strength each with empowered and awakened blood. In a world where oaths are bindings of magic it is warlords who are creators of paladins and shamans the creators of spirit warriors. [/QUOTE]
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