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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Marclee" data-source="post: 5905254" data-attributes="member: 6693623">No love for 'Prince of Nothing'? Scott Bakker got really big with that trilogy and the sequel trilogy is still being written. Could hardly be more contemporary.The magic in the Prince of Nothing is breathtaking. Wizards there are born with an affinity to magic and can then become scholars of magic.There is a price to casting magic...hard to describe though...like some kind of damnation BUT that does not interfere with casting at all. All the magic is unlimited and at-will. The wizards start chanting and can continue their magic while they have the breath and concentration for it (protective, passive wards aside).There are only a few with the magic affinity. The magic prevents them from being killed or harmed by anything other than another's magic or one special material. That material makes non-wizards immune to the magic and kills wizards on touch. In battle, special arrows with tips made of them are used.Thing is...They are rare and very valuable (heirlooms mostly).Wizards can and do wipe out whole armies. No kidding. They are ridiculously strong. Half a dozen of wizards are sent against armies, etc.Non-magicians just don't have any chances there.</blockquote>