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<blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 8814616" data-attributes="member: 6799660">Excepting Gandalf* as the OP mentions. That said, I think part of this is that there aren't that many characters previous to D&amp;D that are consistently called wizards. The next most iconic magic user in my mind (other than the witches/wizardesses of Oz, mentioned above) is Merlin, and wikipedia even calls him a 'magic man' as opposed to wizard (also, when I searched google for 'wizard wikipedia,' it sends me to '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magician_(fantasy)" target="_blank">Magician (fantasy)</a>'). Prospero, and Cugel fit the D&amp;D disctinction--gaining their powers through study as opposed to bloodlin, pacts, or ill-defined means, but even they aren't actually called wizard. I'm thinking it could be that there are roughly the same proportion of sword-wielding wizards and sorcerers, but the later term as a whole are simply more prevalent.*yes, everyone who is about to jump in, he's an angel/Maiar. Good job, thank you. I would posit that he's an angel cosplaying as a wizard, and the people of Middle Earth recognize him as a wizard who uses a sword, so he fits for the OP purpose.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie the Duck, post: 8814616, member: 6799660"] Excepting Gandalf* as the OP mentions. That said, I think part of this is that there aren't that many characters previous to D&D that are consistently called wizards. The next most iconic magic user in my mind (other than the witches/wizardesses of Oz, mentioned above) is Merlin, and wikipedia even calls him a 'magic man' as opposed to wizard (also, when I searched google for 'wizard wikipedia,' it sends me to '[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magician_(fantasy)']Magician (fantasy)[/URL]'). Prospero, and Cugel fit the D&D disctinction--gaining their powers through study as opposed to bloodlin, pacts, or ill-defined means, but even they aren't actually called wizard. I'm thinking it could be that there are roughly the same proportion of sword-wielding wizards and sorcerers, but the later term as a whole are simply more prevalent. [SIZE=1]*yes, everyone who is about to jump in, he's an angel/Maiar. Good job, thank you. I would posit that he's an angel cosplaying as a wizard, and the people of Middle Earth recognize him as a wizard who uses a sword, so he fits for the OP purpose.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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