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<blockquote data-quote="Levistus's_Leviathan" data-source="post: 8779962" data-attributes="member: 7023887">Again, this is a discussion of the systemic effects of D&amp;D's magic system, not about what individuals would choose to do. People born with magic would probably be more likely to be seen as royalty in human cultures, so all royalty/aristocracy might be sorcerers. People born into wealthy families would have more access to arcane schooling. And those that want more power/want to prevent themselves from losing power could seek out an Otherworldly Patron and become a Warlock. A King that wasn't born a mage might purposefully seek out the secrets of becoming a Warlock in order to keep up with his rival monarchs that were born with magic power. This isn't really a discussion of &quot;well, individual mages might not want power&quot;. Capitalism and/or Feudalism + Magic = Magically-Enforced InequalityTons of people in the real world want power and do whatever they can to achieve it. It would be easier to achieve power in D&amp;D due to magic and harder to undo the consequences of those born in better circumstances than it is in the real world.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Levistus's_Leviathan, post: 8779962, member: 7023887"] Again, this is a discussion of the systemic effects of D&D's magic system, not about what individuals would choose to do. People born with magic would probably be more likely to be seen as royalty in human cultures, so all royalty/aristocracy might be sorcerers. People born into wealthy families would have more access to arcane schooling. And those that want more power/want to prevent themselves from losing power could seek out an Otherworldly Patron and become a Warlock. A King that wasn't born a mage might purposefully seek out the secrets of becoming a Warlock in order to keep up with his rival monarchs that were born with magic power. This isn't really a discussion of "well, individual mages might not want power". Capitalism and/or Feudalism + Magic = Magically-Enforced Inequality Tons of people in the real world want power and do whatever they can to achieve it. It would be easier to achieve power in D&D due to magic and harder to undo the consequences of those born in better circumstances than it is in the real world. [/QUOTE]

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