Talk:Wizard (character class)

A mage, a wizard, and a sorcerer are NOT the same thing, please expand this article so it may define their differences. -Unknown (moved to discussion) 18:18, 17 March 2007 (EST)

They are generally synonymous, are they not? - Emerald Melios 12:59, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This page should follow the model of the other (character class) pages, and discuss the generic role-playing game wizard. There is already a disambiguation page for wizards, wizard, so I will make a game section there, and put there content of this page in that. -AndyBQ 02:52, 14 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mage (character class) should be created or redirect to this page.85.166.102.198 19:05, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect created. Taemyr 21:50, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why is this page all about video games? Wizards were in a lot of historical literature and cultures.

This page is called "Wizard(character class)". The wizard disambiguation page is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizard and can be used to find information on any other sort of Wizard, such as those in literature and culture. Bclare (talk) 05:54, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Removed recently added content

I've removed the following recently-added content:

Mages

Mages are magic users who possess the power of magic inside them. As described by Tamora Pierce in WolfSpeaker, "Daine reached inside herself, looking for the copper fire, her magic". Common ways mages transfer their magic into energy is by using their hands or mind.

Witches/ Wizards

Witches or Wizards are Magic users who use things such as spells, gems, potions, plants, animals and wands to convert their magic into energy. Some famous wizards/witches: Harry Potter, The Wicked witch of the west, and Gandalf of The Lord of the Rings. More popular magic converters are: wands, potions, and spells.

Sorcerers/ Sorceressess

Sorcerers, unlike Mages and wizards, do not directly possess the Magic. Instead, they use demons and spirits to draw their energy from. Sorcerers can also possess a spirit to work from within. Some believe that Sorcerers are born when lighning strikes marble.

This is covered in other articles and doesn't seem to be directly relevant to Wizard as a character class in gaming. --Tony Sidaway 07:34, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Which other articles are they covered in? SharkD (talk) 00:31, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merger proposal

I suggest Spell-caster (gaming) be merged with this article. SharkD (talk) 00:25, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge: Seems reasonable to me. Both articles cover the same subject, magic-users in games. AndyBQ (talk) 17:26, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Spellcaster is a loose term for all sorts of Magic Users in RPGs, not just wizards. Just a username (talk) 14:49, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

D&D paragraph

This should distinguish that it's specifically about 3rd edition D&D; as of yet there isn't a Sorcerer class in the newer 4th edition rules. Perhaps that could be mentioned also