What do you call arcane magic users?

[Ravellion]

"Magiër" and, very rarely, "Tovenaar".

Ah, bilinguality, I have finally found a use for thee!

Rav

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

Mage, almost universally. 'Caster' is also used occasionly for arcane casters, but never in reference to divine casters for some reason. Oh, and 'finger waggler' when we're being derogatory, as in 'If the damned finger-waggler had stopped prancing around and stood still, we'd have gotten the stirge off of him."

 

[Nifft]

"Mage" does it for Arcanists. Except in old text books, where they are called "Arcanists", or religious documents, where they are called "heretics" or "kindling".

"Priest" works okay for some Divine casters, but I prefer "Clergy" vs. "Animists" (Druids & Rangers).

-- N

 

[diaglo]

magic users or whatever their level title is

 

[Shadowslayer]

I prefer "Magician" This is what the people of my campaign setting call them. As far as what the players call them, I don't care.

 

[Kesh]

"Sorcerer" has a fairly evil connotation in modern usage, so that would be appropriate. Same with "warlock."

 

[davidschwartznz]

'Poisoner' ('Veneficorum' in Latin) is the classical/biblical term for non-divine spellcasters.

 

[Psion]

Mages - arcane casters with access to a 9-level spell list or equivalent (sorcerer, wizard, eldritch weavers)

Dabblers - other arcane casters like bards, assassins.

 

[Nyaricus]

...or religious documents, where they are called "heretics" or "kindling".

Now, THAT'S funny

Nifft, you are a gem, man

 

[Aaron L]

Ive always hated the word arcanist. Mage works perfectly well for both wizards and sorcerers.