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<blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 8779972" data-attributes="member: 53980">IMCs, this is due to a number of factors. Powerful mages are rare. In my worlds, there are typically only a handful of mages alive at any given time who have the power to make a realistic attempt at taking over a nation.Most mages are more interested in the pursuit of cosmic power, as opposed to governmental authority. The powerful mages (and even less powerful mages) typically have goals that stretch far beyond &quot;conquering the world&quot;. Why conquer a nation when you have the potential to conjure forth entirely new realities of your own making? Why settle for rulership when you can aspire to godhood?Which is not to say that it never happens. I had a powerful lich who was trying to conquer an elven nation. But that was because he was the former king of that nation, brought back in undeath by Orcus, and he viewed the elven throne as rightfully his. The twisted lich mindset would not allow him to abide someone taking his stuff (even though the new king was the son he'd loved in life). He had no actual interest in ruling. Had he succeeded, he would have transformed the nation into an undead mockery, and then moved on to more interesting matters.And the final reason is because, as was the case for the lich, heroes often arise to stop them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fanaelialae, post: 8779972, member: 53980"] IMCs, this is due to a number of factors. Powerful mages are rare. In my worlds, there are typically only a handful of mages alive at any given time who have the power to make a realistic attempt at taking over a nation. Most mages are more interested in the pursuit of cosmic power, as opposed to governmental authority. The powerful mages (and even less powerful mages) typically have goals that stretch far beyond "conquering the world". Why conquer a nation when you have the potential to conjure forth entirely new realities of your own making? Why settle for rulership when you can aspire to godhood? Which is not to say that it never happens. I had a powerful lich who was trying to conquer an elven nation. But that was because he was the former king of that nation, brought back in undeath by Orcus, and he viewed the elven throne as rightfully his. The twisted lich mindset would not allow him to abide someone taking his stuff (even though the new king was the son he'd loved in life). He had no actual interest in ruling. Had he succeeded, he would have transformed the nation into an undead mockery, and then moved on to more interesting matters. And the final reason is because, as was the case for the lich, heroes often arise to stop them. [/QUOTE]

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