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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 7911306" data-attributes="member: 19675">[USER=6977279]@Allistar1801[/USER]I’ve been thinking about your sorcerous usurpers and subjugated wizards because something was nagging me, especially after [USER=6789120]@ninjayeti[/USER] posted this:Wizards would seem to be the natural oppositional force to the sorcerers, head to head...if not being their rivals or allies with the same plan.&nbsp; So how did the sorcerers&nbsp; alone become ascendant?&nbsp; Then it hit me: they attacked wizards in their weak spot, a weak spot I fiddled with in a post-apocalyptic campaign- their dependence on magical writings.&nbsp; In my campaign, ALL forms of written text were largely destroyed in the apocalyptic events before the campaign started.&nbsp; That made wizards relatively rare, and also affected spell availability.That won’t work for you; it doesn’t fit.&nbsp; But what would?[ATTACH=full]118122[/ATTACH]The sorcerous usurpers could have trained a force of people equipped with magic fire wands, rods or staves to destroy any writings deemed magical.[MEDIA=youtube]x9iyKI2pJbE[/MEDIA]Those wizards in the emplot of the crown would have theright to keep tomes and scrolls legally- their contents and amounts would be strictly regulated, of course.But paralleling the events of the novel, would-be “Rebel” wizards (and their allies) would find ways of concealing their precious tones and scrolls, with some becoming “Living Tomes”- covering their bodies with tattoos of the arcane texts.[MEDIA=youtube]nCaLf7fA07w[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 7911306, member: 19675"] [USER=6977279]@Allistar1801[/USER] I’ve been thinking about your sorcerous usurpers and subjugated wizards because something was nagging me, especially after [USER=6789120]@ninjayeti[/USER] posted this: Wizards would seem to be the natural oppositional force to the sorcerers, head to head...if not being their rivals or allies with the same plan. So how did the sorcerers alone become ascendant? Then it hit me: they attacked wizards in their weak spot, a weak spot I fiddled with in a post-apocalyptic campaign- their dependence on magical writings. In my campaign, ALL forms of written text were largely destroyed in the apocalyptic events before the campaign started. That made wizards relatively rare, and also affected spell availability. That won’t work for you; it doesn’t fit. But what would? [ATTACH type="full" alt="1580987616198.jpeg"]118122[/ATTACH] The sorcerous usurpers could have trained a force of people equipped with magic fire wands, rods or staves to destroy any writings deemed magical. [MEDIA=youtube]x9iyKI2pJbE[/MEDIA] Those wizards in the emplot of the crown would have theright to keep tomes and scrolls legally- their contents and amounts would be strictly regulated, of course. But paralleling the events of the novel, would-be “Rebel” wizards (and their allies) would find ways of concealing their precious tones and scrolls, with some becoming “Living Tomes”- covering their bodies with tattoos of the arcane texts. [MEDIA=youtube]nCaLf7fA07w[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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