11/19/2022 0 Comments Dragonfable warrior mage rogue![]() ![]() Sometimes this is added as an element of Fake Balance (situational advantage): instead of nerfing down superpowered entities in question, make up a selectively fearsome enemy for them, so they would not look best in all situations. Sometimes this is a part of a normal arms race or a niche-if there's a threat, everyone wants to get countermeasures, and if there's something, some critter sooner or later will eat it. Depending on the resources and morality of the Mage Killer in question, this may involve everything from ambush tactics and sniping to chemical/biological weaponry and hostage-taking (which, needless to say, can give the profession a pretty gruesome reputation in-universe). The other way to take down mages, of course, is to be a ruthless Combat Pragmatist - as humans (or humanoids) with supernatural powers, mages exist on the borderline between the magical and mundane, and if you're either unable or unwilling to take them in a fair fight, there's no reason to face off against their strengths when you can target their squishy still-mortal weaknesses instead. Anyway, a Mage Killer is usually very similar to a Magic Knight, only with anti-magic instead of magic. If a Mage Killer is a member of an order who specializes in hunting mages, his anti-magic abilities are very likely to be a result of specific training. Some Mage Killers even use magic themselves, but not regularly, and not the usual earthquakes and meteors but something subtle or affecting only mages. Defeating a Mage Killer with magic is difficult or impossible, and his mundane skills give him a major physical advantage over mages with no combat prowess, which is most of them (a Magic Knight or Kung-Fu Wizard may give him problems). He may be able to detect or track magic, resist harmful spells, prevent enemies from using them or even reflect them back to enemies. Thus, to deal with mages you need these guys.Ī Mage Killer is basically a Badass Normal, or something close, whose capabilities of dealing with mages are somehow improved. Even the most trained fighter can be killed or incapacitated by a single spell (or psychic attack, or superpower, or whatever else). Mages (or other superpowered beings) get a big advantage against muggles. ![]()
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