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Magician is not a class in D&D

by sleepybrett 4y ago

ChrisRackauckas 4y ago
That's what very good illusionists want you to think.
coldpie 4y ago
Yahhhh it's been a while for me :) I thought about googling but decided to gamble on my memory. Guess I lost :)
- aplkorex 4y ago
  You just rolled a 1, that's all.
dragontamer 4y ago
D&D Terminology gets quite arcane, especially around the arcane casters. So Wizard is the class, but the title inside of D&D depends on the school the Wizard specializes in. Much like how we call a "Doctor" also a "Brain Surgeon", the "Wizard" could be an "Enchanter", if they specialize upon memory-rewriting / charming / brain-bending magic. (Ex: Charm Person, Suggestion, Geass, Dominate Person). But IIRC, there is no "Magician", as you said. But there are Evokers, Universalists, Conjurers, Diviners, Illusionists, Transmuters, Enchanters, Necromancers, and more. There are also Sorcerers (_totally_ different), Witches, Magi, Alchemists, Clerics, Druids. Frankly, I'm personally surprised that there's no "Magician" yet. Its like someone stepped into D&D and surprisingly guessed at the one word that wasn't actually in the game yet... (The closest word, "Magi" is a "Magus" IIRC, not a "Magician")
- shagie 4y ago
  If we go back to old school AD&D... from the Player's Handbook (1e) the class titles for a Magic-User were: 1. Medium 2. Seer 3. Conjurer 4. Theurgist 5. Thaumaturgist 6. Magician 7. Enchanter 8. Warlock 9. Sorcerer 10. Necromancer 11. Wizard 12+ Wizard (nth level) ... 16. Wizard (16th level or Mage) 17. Wizard (17th level) 18. Wizard (18th level or Arch-Mage) Screen shot of a scan of the first part of the table (it spans two pages and the 2nd page is uninteresting): https://imgur.com/a/WOS2TAF https://imgur.com/a/WOS2TAF
  - sleepybrett 4y ago
    sure .. but you'll note that he says a 15th level magician .. no such thing ;) Also I played a fuckton of AD&D .. i don't think anyone has ever used a class title in actual play that I know of.
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Magician is not a class in D&D

ChrisRackauckas 4y ago

That's what very good illusionists want you to think.

coldpie 4y ago

Yahhhh it's been a while for me :) I thought about googling but decided to gamble on my memory. Guess I lost :)

aplkorex 4y ago
You just rolled a 1, that's all.

dragontamer 4y ago

D&D Terminology gets quite arcane, especially around the arcane casters. So Wizard is the class, but the title inside of D&D depends on the school the Wizard specializes in. Much like how we call a "Doctor" also a "Brain Surgeon", the "Wizard" could be an "Enchanter", if they specialize upon memory-rewriting / charming / brain-bending magic. (Ex: Charm Person, Suggestion, Geass, Dominate Person). But IIRC, there is no "Magician", as you said. But there are Evokers, Universalists, Conjurers, Diviners, Illusionists, Transmuters, Enchanters, Necromancers, and more. There are also Sorcerers (_totally_ different), Witches, Magi, Alchemists, Clerics, Druids. Frankly, I'm personally surprised that there's no "Magician" yet. Its like someone stepped into D&D and surprisingly guessed at the one word that wasn't actually in the game yet... (The closest word, "Magi" is a "Magus" IIRC, not a "Magician")

shagie 4y ago
If we go back to old school AD&D... from the Player's Handbook (1e) the class titles for a Magic-User were: 1. Medium 2. Seer 3. Conjurer 4. Theurgist 5. Thaumaturgist 6. Magician 7. Enchanter 8. Warlock 9. Sorcerer 10. Necromancer 11. Wizard 12+ Wizard (nth level) ... 16. Wizard (16th level or Mage) 17. Wizard (17th level) 18. Wizard (18th level or Arch-Mage) Screen shot of a scan of the first part of the table (it spans two pages and the 2nd page is uninteresting): https://imgur.com/a/WOS2TAF https://imgur.com/a/WOS2TAF
- sleepybrett 4y ago
  sure .. but you'll note that he says a 15th level magician .. no such thing ;) Also I played a fuckton of AD&D .. i don't think anyone has ever used a class title in actual play that I know of.

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