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<blockquote data-quote="bloodtide" data-source="post: 8780480" data-attributes="member: 6684958">There is a basic reason mages don't take over:They don't need too.&nbsp; Any mage that makes it to a bit of power (roughly 10th level) they can live a happy, full life with just magic.&nbsp; Lots of spells can provide a home, food, water, and nearly any item they want.&nbsp; With near zero effort and a finger wiggle they can have just about whatever they want.&nbsp;&nbsp; Plenty of spells can make a mage a tons of money, more then enough to break any economy.&nbsp; More then enough money for a mage to buy nearly whatever they want.And with even a tiny bit of effort, they can live like a king of kings.And with some effort, they can even transcend life and become immortal.So why even take over a nation?&nbsp; What does it get the mage?&nbsp; They can control people all day and night, but it won't get them anything more then magic does.....and in fact, mundane things are of a far lesser quality.&nbsp; And, again with magic, a mage can make more money then exists in the whole nation (and, ahem, world)&nbsp; so it's beyond pointless to rule a nation to get rich.&nbsp; So with magic meeting every need, a mage could waste time &quot;ruling&quot; sure....if they want to waste time telling people what to do for no benefit.Maybe some mages would want to rule for the &quot;fun&quot; or such......but it's a bit pointless.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bloodtide, post: 8780480, member: 6684958"] There is a basic reason mages don't take over: [B]They don't need too.[/B] Any mage that makes it to a bit of power (roughly 10th level) they can live a happy, full life with just magic. Lots of spells can provide a home, food, water, and nearly any item they want. With near zero effort and a finger wiggle they can have just about whatever they want. Plenty of spells can make a mage a tons of money, more then enough to break any economy. More then enough money for a mage to buy nearly whatever they want. And with even a tiny bit of effort, they can live like a king of kings. And with some effort, they can even transcend life and become immortal. So why even take over a nation? What does it get the mage? They can control people all day and night, but it won't get them anything more then magic does.....and in fact, mundane things are of a far lesser quality. And, again with magic, a mage can make more money then exists in the whole nation (and, ahem, world) so it's beyond pointless to rule a nation to get rich. So with magic meeting every need, a mage could waste time "ruling" sure....if they want to waste time telling people what to do for no benefit. Maybe some mages would want to rule for the "fun" or such......but it's a bit pointless. [/QUOTE]

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