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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 9250372" data-attributes="member: 87792">If they'd gone for different Orders, each with a bit of fluff and a different favoured implement then I'd have a lot less of&nbsp; a problem. <ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Path of the Artist - Artist mages believe that magic is art and appreciate the process of making magic. As the most precise implement artist wizards favour wands</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Path of the undying - Undying mages think that life is for the living and intend to have a lot of it. Undying mages who go adventuring favour staves because you can use a staff as a weapon - or at least a long stick trying to get between you and your enemy</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Path of Power - for some mages it's about power and how much you can warp reality. The orb, as a sphere, can hold more magic than any other shape</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Path of Knowledge - some wizards are insatiably curious and seek to know and record everything. These wizards write everything down in their Tomes.</li>
</ul>And then give a couple of wizard names associate with the implements. But calling yourself an Artist Mage or an Undying Mage would have the same mechanical effect as a wand or a staff wizard with far more emotional resonance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 9250372, member: 87792"] If they'd gone for different Orders, each with a bit of fluff and a different favoured implement then I'd have a lot less of a problem. [LIST] [*][I]Path of the Artist[/I] - Artist mages believe that magic is art and appreciate the process of making magic. As the most precise implement artist wizards favour wands [*][I]Path of the undying[/I] - Undying mages think that life is for the living and intend to have a lot of it. Undying mages who go adventuring favour staves because you can use a staff as a weapon - or at least a long stick trying to get between you and your enemy [*][I]Path of Power[/I] - for some mages it's about power and how much you can warp reality. The orb, as a sphere, can hold more magic than any other shape [*][I]Path of Knowledge[/I] - some wizards are insatiably curious and seek to know and record everything. These wizards write everything down in their Tomes. [/LIST] And then give a couple of wizard names associate with the implements. But calling yourself an Artist Mage or an Undying Mage would have the same mechanical effect as a wand or a staff wizard with far more emotional resonance. [/QUOTE]

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