Is there anything more iconic to a fantasy RPG than spellslinging mages? That often squishy ally in the back who may not be able to tank angry enemy hordes for long, but if you bide them enough time, they’ll flatten the battleground with a meteoric fireball or an army of undead.

Well, at least that’s a more traditional example of magical allies or villains. A mage doesn’t always look the same between games, and what makes someone the in-universe equivalent of an enchanted atomic bomb has been canonized a thousand different ways by now. Sometimes the word ‘mage’ never even comes up, but you get my point, they’re the folks using magic.