I wouldn't say that.The Wizard is a young knight in training, or an accomplished lord at the height of power.
Because of magic extending life and maintaining youthfulness, the Wizard who CHOOSES to appear as an elder is rare.
You mean the Pope? Roman Catholicism is just one religion amongst many, and in that Cardinals wear red and priests wear black. You going to ban wizards from wearing black and red as well for looking too religious?
Prediction: any cleric illustrations will avoid colours associated with real world religions.
Depends on edition. In 1 or 2e, even 3e, healing & especially magic were different. Spells like Haste aged you. Healing was 1 point a day with rest and while the Realms had a plethora of healers it was generally assumed they were rarer in other settings and a cleric can only heal so much. You could very well be in your characters 40s even by the time you’re 9th level, let alone 15th or 20th.What I was inferring was the difference between the image of a PC wizard and the image of the NPC wizard.
The old bearded man is more the image of the NPC wizard. This is because of the way D&D works or is structured, it is highly unlikely a PC wizard would get that old during play.
The young superhero wizard upstart is more likely what the players would play as PCs as adventuring by D&D's nature is a cheat over self study or academic training.
If Wizards are already level 20 while youthful, why would they CHOOSE to stop being youthful?I wouldn't say that.
I'd say a wizard who appears old is likely finished or never went adventuring and is firmly in NPC stage. D&D wizardry doesn't take decades of study like the inspirations the class is based on.
So it's highly unlikely to get old, a wizard, and actively adventuring. Even for a human.
or the gods of magic and knowledge decided to gift people explanations on superior education and study techniques?I wouldn't say that.
I'd say a wizard who appears old is likely finished or never went adventuring and is firmly in NPC stage. D&D wizardry doesn't take decades of study like the inspirations the class is based on.
So it's highly unlikely to get old, a wizard, and actively adventuring. Even for a human.
You become immortal at level 15, when you can cast Clone. Makes me wonder why anyone would want to become a lich...If Wizards are already level 20 while youthful, why would they CHOOSE to stop being youthful?
Also, with one more level, even the Human Wizards can literally become immortal.
It's a cute idea that several games have taken a shot at but I have yet to see a game structure itself so as to make it plausible.All this talk about old white-bearded wizards reminds me about how I wish the levelling (in setting-wise, it's fine session-wise) wouldn't be so quick. I mean it would be cool if during the campaign actually years and decades passed. Starting characters would be in their twenties, and high level ones would be grey-haired grizzled veterans.
I think why you’re getting pushback (at least from me) is the implications of what you’re saying (and I apologize in advance if I’ve completely misread the situation).I really don't know why it keeps coming back to this when it has nothing to do with the original disccusion. I was never talking about what people want to play.
So, just to clear this up: I never said I want the old bearded man picture for the new PHB. I refuted a post claiming this image is more "wizard" than the old bearded man, which I argued is still more recognizable to most people of what a wizard would look like than this image. This image would make more people think of a superhero, which is one reason why it doesn't appeal to me. That's all.
Nothing at all about what people want to play.
Well, no, you didn't give any actual examples, leaving us to make guesses as to what the heck you are talking about.when did i ever mention this was specifically in relation to IRL religion or banning anything? it's just as, if not more prominent a thing in media, i didn't even say that wizards can't wear white and gold only that there is an existing thematic bias there