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Originally Posted by Disliker of the mary sue
Hm I been thinking about this as I consider the day my halfling warrior dies of poorly thought out planning on his sheet, is the fact that Wizards can not use armor without it effecting their ability to use magic just an arbitrary rule for those rpgs with those rules so they don't completely dominate the game? Or does it have precedent in fantasy fiction as a standard trope of sorts?
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Not entirely without precedent. Merlin in Le Morte d'Artur doesn't wear armor of note. Nor does Le Fay. Nor does Gandalf in LOTR, and he kicks arse with the armored bad boys.
Several sagas have some the various supernatural wielders as warrior-priests in armor, while others are not warriors, and don't wear armor.
It's a not uncommon trope in literature, but it's not a hard and fast rule.
In D&D, it's as much a play balance thing.