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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sixchan" data-source="post: 674526" data-attributes="member: 9189">I'm not sure if it shows that.  A caster is still going to have the floor wiped with him in battles against fighters until later levels.  In Military situations, casters are vitally important, but in social ones, might usually makes right.Casters are also divided from normal social society most of the time.  Divine casters have the gods to consider, and usually do not try to rule by command if they are good.  Neutral Clerics won't want to rule unless they are LN, and Evil clerics will only need one decent good-aligned fighter (perhaps even the first paladin) to rally the troops and people to his cause of good and wipe them away.Arcane casters that are good would likely use magic to help, rather than rule, casters that are neutral will tend to prefer to study, and again evil arcanists suffer from first-paladin syndrome.Mageocracies and Theocracies will happen, but they will rarely be good aligned (as these people will be ruling because they want to help, not because they think they are better) or neutral (aside from LN), and evil ones will eventually recieve their first Paladin.On the other hand, Monarchies and Military rule will be likely to happen because of the strength of low-level fighters over casters.  By the time the casters can win, most of them will be secluded scholars, Royal Advisors, or Warrior Priests.IMO, of course.</blockquote>