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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clavis" data-source="post: 4520926" data-attributes="member: 31898">I like a ratio of 1 wizard to every 5,000 non-wizards. Not only should the ability to use magic be rare, I see no reason why the average Wizard should want to share his knowledge easily. If he takes an apprentice, it's because the apprentice is essentially an unpaid servant.As for Wizards changing the nature of medieval warfare, I don't see it happening. Wizards are not common craftsmen that can be pressed into service. Ordinary nobility should live in constant fear of Wizards, not regard them as a resource to be used. Wizards in general would have contempt for ordinary governments, and the affairs of ordinary people. For the same reason, there should be no "magic shops" open to non-wizards - a Wizard can take what he wants, and has no need to dabble in common commerce. The king who thinks he can command Wizards to do anything would quickly find himself polymorphed into a chicken, or assaulted by summoned demons. In such a situation, all the rules of medieval warfare still apply. An army would really only face magic on the battlefield when a Wizard is commanding the opposing army himself.</blockquote>