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How is the Wizard vs Warrior Balance Problem Handled in Fantasy Literature?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ultimatecalibur" data-source="post: 5495420" data-attributes="member: 59539"><p>Most of those examples you would name would be non-wizard vs wizard stories or wizard/witch/other-spellcaster grants a boon and not "wizard and non-wizard team-up to go questing."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And that is why I said <em>major knights</em>. Figures such as Gawain, Lancelot(ugh talk about a french Marty Stu), Percival, Galahad, Mordred, Tristan, Dinadan and even Arthur himself. These guys went around slaying dragons, beating up giants, thwarting the schemes of various sorcerers and enchantresses and defeating groups of a dozen or more rival knights. Each of these guys was just as feared/respected by the common knight as Merlin was.</p><p></p><p>The Knights of the Round Table were the medieval equivalent of the Justice League. Round Table pages and squire were often better knights than the knights other kings could field.</p><p></p><p> Thanks.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That depends on how you define wizard. If you include wandering sages and priests who go around defeating supernatural threats then you have your adventuring wizards who sometimes hang out with various warriors.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>In the JLA: Tower of Babel story, Batman personally came up with the plans and manufactured most of the tools to disable the rest of the Justice League: Made Nanites that turn the Martian Manhunter's skin into Magnesium, a device that would cause Wonderwoman to be trapped within her own mind and fight an undefeatable opponent and a vibration-bullet that would give the Flash seizures, synthesized Red Kryptonite and a fear toxin that gave Aquaman sever hydrophobia, the only thing he didn't make himself was the freeze ray to stop Plastic Man because he had one already.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Actually Indy survived Batman style. I remember the story from Batman: the Animated Series and it probably was based off of a golden age story.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ultimatecalibur, post: 5495420, member: 59539"] Most of those examples you would name would be non-wizard vs wizard stories or wizard/witch/other-spellcaster grants a boon and not "wizard and non-wizard team-up to go questing." And that is why I said [i]major knights[/i]. Figures such as Gawain, Lancelot(ugh talk about a french Marty Stu), Percival, Galahad, Mordred, Tristan, Dinadan and even Arthur himself. These guys went around slaying dragons, beating up giants, thwarting the schemes of various sorcerers and enchantresses and defeating groups of a dozen or more rival knights. Each of these guys was just as feared/respected by the common knight as Merlin was. The Knights of the Round Table were the medieval equivalent of the Justice League. Round Table pages and squire were often better knights than the knights other kings could field. Thanks. That depends on how you define wizard. If you include wandering sages and priests who go around defeating supernatural threats then you have your adventuring wizards who sometimes hang out with various warriors. In the JLA: Tower of Babel story, Batman personally came up with the plans and manufactured most of the tools to disable the rest of the Justice League: Made Nanites that turn the Martian Manhunter's skin into Magnesium, a device that would cause Wonderwoman to be trapped within her own mind and fight an undefeatable opponent and a vibration-bullet that would give the Flash seizures, synthesized Red Kryptonite and a fear toxin that gave Aquaman sever hydrophobia, the only thing he didn't make himself was the freeze ray to stop Plastic Man because he had one already. Actually Indy survived Batman style. I remember the story from Batman: the Animated Series and it probably was based off of a golden age story. [/QUOTE]
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