> > > The best magician in the village is not likely to be a very good
> > > magician. Nowhere near 10W3. Unlikely to be better than a
starting
> > > Hero (5W).
> >
> > I'd say better than that, maybe even two masteries.
>
> The requirement to be a thane is a 10W skill.
> The CLAN champion has 10W2 combat skill, and he (or she) is a
> full-time professional and (almost certainly) the best fighter i the
> clan.
>
> A village can not support a full-time professional magician, and
even
> if it could, the village magician would not be better than the
clan's
> best magician, who by analogy has an ability of 10W2.
The problem here is that you are treating 'village' as a distinct entity, maybe you are thinking of steads? Orlanthi clans work as a unit for important stuff like HQ, unless it's a special one, so there would be no separate 'village' HQs. So the village best magician IS the clan best magician. And the 10W thane and 10W2 champion abilities you mention are minimum levels (or at least averages). A thane will be 10W to 10W2, maybe even higher.
Wulf
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