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<blockquote data-quote="CreamCloud0" data-source="post: 8634872" data-attributes="member: 7034710">This conversation seems very disingenuous to wizards and assumes that they all inherently seek out power for the sake of power (and will naturally be ‘corrupted’ by it) What about the wizards who have no interest in magic itself it’s just a handy means to their ends? The lone survivor who wants to break the curse on their hometown so they can go back to their mundane day to day? the historian who only has magic to protect themselves from and get through natural obstacles that block the way to that lost city? The bookworm who’s just curious about everything and magic is just their latest topic of study-the great arcane power is just a mildly beneficial footnote to them? the graduate who wasn’t really interested but who’s parents encouraged them to study because they were good at it and now has no other skills and a degree in their pocket that they might as well put to some use? The one who knows alot of problems in their life could be solved by throwing enough magic at it but never would be able to live with themselves afterwards if they did? The scientist who just wants to discover something completely new-to have their name put in the history books for some groundbreaking discovery? The one who totally could take over this country if they wanted to-but why would they, then they’d have to go about running things and there’d be people trying to upsurp them and it’d really cut into their time they spend whittling wooden goats, too much hassle.The idea that any, every and all wizards will fall down this slippery slope the moment they get a little bit of power is dumb and implies they’re all weak willed chumps with no sense of morals or empathy for anyone else only interested in their own gain.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CreamCloud0, post: 8634872, member: 7034710"] This conversation seems very disingenuous to wizards and assumes that they all inherently seek out power for the sake of power (and will naturally be ‘corrupted’ by it) What about the wizards who have no interest in magic itself it’s just a handy means to their ends? The lone survivor who wants to break the curse on their hometown so they can go back to their mundane day to day? the historian who only has magic to protect themselves from and get through natural obstacles that block the way to that lost city? The bookworm who’s just curious about everything and magic is just their latest topic of study-the great arcane power is just a mildly beneficial footnote to them? the graduate who wasn’t really interested but who’s parents encouraged them to study because they were good at it and now has no other skills and a degree in their pocket that they might as well put to some use? The one who knows alot of problems in their life [I]could[/I] be solved by throwing enough magic at it but never would be able to live with themselves afterwards if they did? The scientist who just wants to discover something completely new-to have their name put in the history books for some groundbreaking discovery? The one who totally could take over this country if they wanted to-[I]but why would they,[/I] then they’d have to go about running things and there’d be people trying to upsurp them and it’d really cut into their time they spend whittling wooden goats, too much hassle. The idea that any, every and all wizards will fall down this slippery slope the moment they get a little bit of power is dumb and implies they’re all weak willed chumps with no sense of morals or empathy for anyone else only interested in their own gain. [/QUOTE]

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