In message <Pine.GSO.4.58.0404221735310.13260_at_...> Mikko Rintasaari writes:
>> --- In HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com, "Soren Petersen"
>> <soren.petersen_at_s...> wrote:
>> > Hi there,
>> >> Lunar graduates of the College of Magic spending time on the
>> > frontiers. (Should they get a Soldier keyword at 13)?
>>
>> My own suspicion is that there's a military magician keyword.
>> Perhaps we'll see it in ILH2?
>
>The magicians are a bit too valuable (and uppity, no doubt) to slug it
>as a regular ground-pounder. Then again, this depends. If the magician
>is forced to follow a reconnaisence squad on his/her own (vietnam style)
>then he/she would have to get used to living as a soldier.
>
>But my understanding is that the university educated magicians are more
>like artillerists. They have their own unit with guards, and just do
>their own thing on the battlefield.
Yes, they're trained to operate as units of magicians. I think they'll
probably be a College of Magic keyword which will be similar to the
Wizard keyword but with more emphasis on group magic. They aren't
even really soldiers but university graduate students doing specialised
work mere soldiers wouldn't understand. It's terrible that work requires
them to go on campaign.
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