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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RFisher" data-source="post: 4573079" data-attributes="member: 3608">I think another reason you don’t find a lot of mages in armor in legends or (pre-D&D) literature is that spells aren’t generally cast in battle. Despite some notable exceptions, pre-D&D magic was seldom about blasting your enemies with arcane power.IIRC, some AD&D book said magic-users on trial in the Great Kingdom were kept locked in plate-mail to prevent them from casting spells. ^_^ I simultaneously laughed and groaned.3e-wise, you can build a sorcerer with a lot of spells that lack somatic components and get by with wearing armor just fine. (Though you’ll probably have some non-combat spells you’ll want to take your armor off for—which starts to look almost as silly as the accused MU in a plate-mail straight-jacket.)</blockquote>