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Old 08-04-2014, 06:48 PM   #3
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Default Re: Is The trope that wizards can't use armor just an arbitrary limitation?

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Originally Posted by Disliker of the mary sue View Post
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?
Neither Merlin nor Gandalf are typically depicted as heavily armored.
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