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<blockquote data-quote="OB1" data-source="post: 8780025" data-attributes="member: 6796241">Matt Mercer's Exandria setting delves into this question somewhat directly, and the result is rich dynamic between the various power sources.&nbsp; You have in ancient history a powerful mageocricy that nearly destroyed the world due to their hubris, followed by a long dark age where much of that previous knowledge was lost.&nbsp; In the present of the setting, the most powerful city in the world is a Theocracy that bans arcane magic in its city, and actively works to keep wizards especially in check.&nbsp; On the other side of the planet, a group of archmages run a CIA/NSA type shadow government under a traditional martial kingdom, pulling the strings and furthering their own goals, but the sense is they don't yet have the power or the numbers to try and take over directly, so they work to uncover the lost knowledge of the previous age, biding their time to attempt another take over.&nbsp; Another power source (a group of librarian monks) also work to keep the mages in check in that kingdom.[USER=7023887]@Levistus's_Leviathan[/USER] 's question is a great way to enrich a setting.&nbsp; By deciding exactly why mages haven't taken over a particular, it leads to an interesting world.&nbsp; And there are endless ways to answer it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OB1, post: 8780025, member: 6796241"] Matt Mercer's Exandria setting delves into this question somewhat directly, and the result is rich dynamic between the various power sources. You have in ancient history a powerful mageocricy that nearly destroyed the world due to their hubris, followed by a long dark age where much of that previous knowledge was lost. In the present of the setting, the most powerful city in the world is a Theocracy that bans arcane magic in its city, and actively works to keep wizards especially in check. On the other side of the planet, a group of archmages run a CIA/NSA type shadow government under a traditional martial kingdom, pulling the strings and furthering their own goals, but the sense is they don't yet have the power or the numbers to try and take over directly, so they work to uncover the lost knowledge of the previous age, biding their time to attempt another take over. Another power source (a group of librarian monks) also work to keep the mages in check in that kingdom. [USER=7023887]@Levistus's_Leviathan[/USER] 's question is a great way to enrich a setting. By deciding exactly why mages haven't taken over a particular, it leads to an interesting world. And there are endless ways to answer it. [/QUOTE]

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