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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Loincloth of Armour" data-source="post: 4520382" data-attributes="member: 28201">Also remember that wizards are smarter than the average member of the population (needing Int as the key stat).  Because of that, a sizable number of the wizards that do exist will not want to march off to war.War is unpleasant, messy, you have to spend your time with stupid levy soldiers, take orders from noble born officers --most of whom are your intellectual inferiors!-- march in the cold rain, trudge through the mud, rise at dawn and spend long hours waiting only to then experience a few minutes of horrible, terrible fear as the hounds of war are finally unleashed.While you are out in the field you are not studying, not increasing your knowledge of the mystical forces of the universe.  Your commanders will only see you as a 'boom stick' or a 'chicken entrail reader'.  The food is generally bad, the pay negligable, and the company smelly and unrefined.  Glory will go to the soldiers and the knights... few people lavish praise upon the mysterious wizard who called forth supernatural powers to bring about the victory.Worse, if the army makes an effort to recruit magical might, other wizards in close proximity to you.  Always will they be jealous of your superiority and greedy for your mystical prowess and spellbooks.  You know what wizards are like, and you can't trust any of 'em.You are a powerful force: you command flame to erupt from your fingertips, you make the very air itself tremble with but a wave of your hand.  Supernatural powers dance eagerly in your soul, awaiting but your order to strike out and smite your foes at distance.  You willingly seek knowledge about subjects that would make the common man shudder with nightmares.What could the army possibly offer one such as you?......Well... to answer your question, probably not too many wizards will want to join the army.  PCs being the exception that proves the rule.  Any number you choose will probably be okay.</blockquote>

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