>Now why should a part of the populace who is needed in times of peace
>and war have less magic than the ordinary warrior ? Would not rather the
>opposite be the fact ?
Who has more technology in the modern world, farmers or soldiers?
While I prefer a world where every barber knows fleakill, and plowsharp ( and the shearsharp) works for 8 hours, and detect burning allows one to make sure that lamb stew doesn't burn, and all of the tribal elders know "avoid smoke", because it feels more full and rich, I suspect that the kings and emperors ( who are the ones who have the resources to back a large number of sorcerers, shamans, and heroquesters to research new spells) are more interested in spells which insure that the emperor down the block can't march in and take your favorite cook, concubine or town by force.
So while I agree that it is more fun to have the magic exist, I can't =
support
it logically. ( So of course in my game it exists.)
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