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Sages have S1 and no randoms. In later ages, magic research stays the same, sites became less common, and mages more restricted. LA Tien Chi's Barbarian mages, as an example, have D2N1, A2D1 and E2D1 IIRC, and one random that has four out of AEDSN, but not the one they have 2 in. There won't be E3 Ancestor Smiths, etc. They are more restricted in magic.

Early Age is more powerful in magic than later ages, but in some ways less powerful than Dominions II. There are more powerful mages in Early Age than in Dominions II, but research is harder.