Re: (TFT) Magic, Magicians, numbers and power

[<dwtulloh61@cox.net>]

Reminds me of a political campaign I once had.

The Wizard's Guild decided it was high time to bring everyone under the
fold so they could fix prices, etc.  The Guild themselves actually started
a propoganda campaign against all hedge-wizards, so that the average
person would perceive them as evil and want to get rid of them.

The implication was clear : Join or Die.

---- Joey Beutel <mejobo@comcast.net> wrote: 
> I like the idea of a Wizard hunting thing going on...

> > Personally, if I was nobility and these guys started to crop up, I'd  
> > just have them all killed as too destabilizing for society.  This is  
> > another thing that people don't factor in when they want their world  
> > to be "realistic".  If it's really possible for people to wander  
> > around manipulating everyone easily, then the peasants will kill  
> > everyone they think is Dr. Frankenstein / steen in a frenzy of  
> > panicked bloodshed.  Also, if daily life near Frankenstein / steen's  
> > castle becomes that terrifying, all the peasants would flee to other  
> > locales.  The only way for such persons to survive is to hide their  
> > abilities and use them subtly, effectively becoming their own self- 
> > inhibitor.
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