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<blockquote data-quote="Ixal" data-source="post: 8780694" data-attributes="member: 7030132">For some reason you seem to be stuck in this noble + army vs. lone spellcaster mindset.Why wouldn't the spellcaster have an army? He would in many cases have a bigger army as more people would swear to follow the person with actual superhuman abilities who is clearly destined to lead and rule than the guy who could be from next door and only says that he is special.What you fail to understand is how important legitimacy is for monarchies and what great lengths they went to appear to be better than common people and to their subject nobility with ever more elaborate court rituals ect.People did not follow kings because they just inherited a title and thats just the way it us, they followed them because they believed god wants them to rule or that they are literally gods themselves and no normal person.And if someone lost this legitimacy there were &quot;klingon promotions&quot; by lords installing someone differently or there being mass rebellions.And in a magical world a priest just saying that god wants it doesn't cut it. Its much more convincing when the person who claims the right to rule over others posesses superhuman abilities.And that is, among the obvious reasons for personal power, why nobles would seek out to be spellcasters. It sets them apart from normal people and underscores their right of ruling over them.And the more that happens and the longer it goes the more it is expected for a noble to be a spellcaster as otherwise there might something wrong with him.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ixal, post: 8780694, member: 7030132"] For some reason you seem to be stuck in this noble + army vs. lone spellcaster mindset. Why wouldn't the spellcaster have an army? He would in many cases have a bigger army as more people would swear to follow the person with actual superhuman abilities who is clearly destined to lead and rule than the guy who could be from next door and only says that he is special. What you fail to understand is how important legitimacy is for monarchies and what great lengths they went to appear to be better than common people and to their subject nobility with ever more elaborate court rituals ect. People did not follow kings because they just inherited a title and thats just the way it us, they followed them because they believed god wants them to rule or that they are literally gods themselves and no normal person. And if someone lost this legitimacy there were "klingon promotions" by lords installing someone differently or there being mass rebellions. And in a magical world a priest just saying that god wants it doesn't cut it. Its much more convincing when the person who claims the right to rule over others posesses superhuman abilities. And that is, among the obvious reasons for personal power, why nobles would seek out to be spellcasters. It sets them apart from normal people and underscores their right of ruling over them. And the more that happens and the longer it goes the more it is expected for a noble to be a spellcaster as otherwise there might something wrong with him. [/QUOTE]

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