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If you could be a mage, what would you be?

A Mistic
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9%
An Elemental Infusionist
1
1%
A Ley Line Walker
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36%
a Techno-Wizard
24
32%
A Shifter
15
20%
 
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It's tricky but I choose ley line walker - they are just so versatile.
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I'd be a Shifter from Dark Conversions so I could have those permanent demon followers.
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Of the options I went with Ley Line Walker, but out of them all I'd go with a Vanguard Waylayer.
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Ley Line Walker of course...
Maybe the Blue Zone Wizard/mage from Chaos Earth or the D-Shifter...

Deadboy, whats so special about the Waylander of the Vanguard ??
i havent seen them yet....
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So, what's up with no entry for Ley Line Rifter?

I'll pick that, because no one else has, and because their stowaway power is cool.
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TW, I love to tinker, and to be able to tinker and make something magical seems like.... well magic. ;)



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TechnoGothic wrote:Deadboy, whats so special about the Waylander of the Vanguard ??
i havent seen them yet....


They're more combat orianted. So much so they could even get the Annhilation spell from go. Sure PPE would be a problem to cast something that big at level one, but there are ways. :twisted:
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Mystic or Old Believer.
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My avatar speaks for itself. (You know, the one everyone seems to have.)

Something about being able to throw down the Book of Magic and say 'There is no spell in here I can't cast."
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Shifter...as others said...get me off this crazy ride.

Overall though, I'd prefer to be a Mystic Knight..."lets stay on this ride, and have some fun!"
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Yep, definitely TW for me too. They're just so much cooler than any of the other mages (and WWII era flight suits are so much more fashionable than robes and gas masks).

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What no entry for "Why the hell would I play a Mage".

But since that not an option I will go with HEADHUNTER, they are just so much better than a mage (in MY opinion).
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With the new RUE rules I vote TW all the way...can create practically anything and can cast useing "Focus Items" without penalties to damage, duration, or range.
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Ley Line Walker...seems to be cliche.
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I voted Techno-Wizard. With the ability to create items & learn any spell, they're arguably the greatest of mages!

Vote TW! :D
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I'd like a Conjourer or Battle mage, but since there not on the list I'll go TW because you can actually have nice paycheck. (seen the cost for TW items?)
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I have played a Ley Line Walker a long time ago, and it was a grand old time. My second Rifts PC-ever! I have fond memories of him in the Lazlo Intelligence Agency (LIA'rs to you! :lol: )
It is just too cool to pass up a chance to play a Ley Line Walker again, given the chance. My second choice would be the new Shifter, just for the Trans-Dimensional exploration abilities.
Third Choice for me is the Techno-Wizard. I kinda like making Items that the Party can use, and thus be of use to the Party.
I'm just not the Mystic type. To just have Powers and never really try to learn more about them or to expand upon them with more spells...Well, I guess I'm a bookworm at heart. 8)
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I know I said Ley Line Rifter earlier, but I always thought the Spatial Mage was very interesting, and came with fewer attached difficulties than Temporal Mage.
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omg you forgot to at the Ludicrous mage the most feared of all the mages
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I'd be a mystic, i'd want my power to come from inside or not at all.
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I don't have RUE, so I'm basing my response off the venerable RMB...

MYSTIC -- I wouldn't have to rely on hunting down a spellbook/mentor to get new spells. Plus, psychic powers are automatically part of the deal.

Failing that, I'd be a Battle Magus. :ok:
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