adanath wrote:Also one thing I think often forgot in respect to magik is that yes it is relatively new to the player
Ancient and very old to NPC's and characters in the game.
Who saved Forostar from the insects in the end? The mages creating tshaharks.
Who put the tshaharks to sleep? A Tshahark mage
There are multiple very highly favourable stories about mages in the history of Geas, and the elven people especially "like" magik, they don't distrust it. Their history is a magical one.
I know there was a point made like thieves, but the Queen had the original thieves, and it was during a war for survival, and they only attacked the other side as commanded by her. Not only that but afterwards the Queen had rangers, who took up much of the roguish responsibility and later ordered the thieves burned out herself. Magik is very evident throughout the history of the elven line however, very unlike thieves. Thieves have always been there but have long been regarded as evil.
There is evil magik too, looking at the Lich and stuff, but magik amongst the elves, I don't think it would make sense for a reputation penalty.
Magic is actually new(ish) for most NPCs too. Barring Elves who lived a thousand years ago (which I imagine to be perhaps a dozen or two, at most, given how often Elvandar has been sacked...) No one except crazy hermites have been in much contact with magic recently. (All mages are per definition crazy hermites.)
Who cursed Forostar with lumbering moronic lizardmen, using humans and elves in their vile experiments, instead of just burning all insects to crisp? Mages.
(As to who put the tshaharks to sleep - I thought they hibernated somehow. I have never heard of a tshahark mage before. I am entirely opposed to tshahark halfwits being possibly smart enough to fathom magic.)
It is possible that positive magical "legends" exist. It is easily possible that negative ones do instead/too.