Mages in Dragon Age and the Psi Corp.

[Morgan]

Just started playing a Mage in Dragon Age. They've borrowed heavily
from the Psi Corp in
Babylon 5. Right down to referring to non-magic uses as 'mundanes.'
Not a criticism, just an observation.

[Doug Jacobs]

Can you become a Mage-Cop and go after rogue mages? ;)

Anyways, the structure of the Psi-Cops is hardly something original from
Babylon5. Even other stories that included mages had them in highly
secretive, secluded towers, where initiates are pulled from the general
population as very young children.

The inspriation comes from real life orders that do the same thing. The
Shao-Lin Monks, for instance, may not practice magic, but they do accept
initiates who are young boys barely 5 or 6 years old, who then spend the
rest of their lives training in the monastry.

--
It's not broken. It's...advanced.

[Jonah Falcon]

"Doug Jacobs" <dja...@rawbw.com> wrote in message
news:hN6dnQRTxev2NGXX...@posted.rawbandwidth...

> Morgan <nos...@nospam.co.uk> wrote:
>> Just started playing a Mage in Dragon Age. They've borrowed heavily
>> from the Psi Corp in
>> Babylon 5. Right down to referring to non-magic uses as 'mundanes.'
>> Not a criticism, just an observation.
>
> Can you become a Mage-Cop and go after rogue mages? ;)

Actually, you can. Blood Mages and Apostates are considered outlawed by the
Chantry and the public.