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<blockquote data-quote="MoonSong" data-source="post: 7329934" data-attributes="member: 6689464">I digress -sorry, am I using this correctly?-. The wizard/Mage/MU has always been that narrow, in fact I think 5e's wizard is the broadest it has ever been. The W/M/MU has always been a smart person that gained magic by study, which means he/she had to desire it in the first place and could somehow procure the means to do it. This is true of every edition to date. The apparition of warlock and sorcerer in 3rd edition didn't make it more narrow overnight, it has always been that way. The sorcerer on the other hand just has personal magic somehow, in one of a multitude of ways that could or could not be explored (even a scholarly origin would be possible). Nothing on the sorcerer means getting the magic was a voluntary act (but it could), and there are no backstory requirements to be fulfilled (so it can be anything you want, there is no checklist for backstory you could even do the wealthy bookworm that just wanted to be special). Again how is the sorcerer somehow more narrow and the W/M/MU broader?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MoonSong, post: 7329934, member: 6689464"] I digress -sorry, am I using this correctly?-. The wizard/Mage/MU has always been that narrow, in fact I think 5e's wizard is the broadest it has ever been. The W/M/MU has always been a smart person that gained magic by study, which means he/she had to desire it in the first place and could somehow procure the means to do it. This is true of every edition to date. The apparition of warlock and sorcerer in 3rd edition didn't make it more narrow overnight, it has always been that way. The sorcerer on the other hand just has personal magic somehow, in one of a multitude of ways that could or could not be explored (even a scholarly origin would be possible). Nothing on the sorcerer means getting the magic was a voluntary act (but it could), and there are no backstory requirements to be fulfilled (so it can be anything you want, there is no checklist for backstory you could even do the wealthy bookworm that just wanted to be special). Again how is the sorcerer somehow more narrow and the W/M/MU broader? [/QUOTE]

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