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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HighlandsBear" data-source="post: 2108613" data-attributes="member: 12406">I was thinking about this when the 4e classes thread came up. At first I didn't like the idea of  just 3 classes by reducing all spellcasters into one generic class, but really on a historical level didn't they all come from the same source? For example, shamans had totem animals, gods had animals they were associated with, and then witches and wizards had familiars. Maybe they are just the same class at different points in time.The modern fantasy wizard might be more of an oddity as his/her power is more like a scholar/scientist than supernaturally granted. There were fields like alchemy, astrology, and golem legends where knowledge about the world was the key, but did they stand out as a whole class? In celtic and norse myths bards, heros, and druids are given powers by the gods, in the middle ages you still have deals with the devil (or maybe continuing with the old pagan deities from their own point of view), and so on. In fantasy lit Gandalf continues this with his supernatural background and little emphasis on his having to learn his trade. Maybe its only D&D where wizards learning their spells are more common than priests with granted powers!</blockquote>