Re: Indep. Mages
All poptype recruitable mages have been nerfed to some degree or another. The Jade Amazons most prominently, Onyx, Crystal and Garnet less so, but still somewhat. Druids were chopped from N2 to N1, lizards are unaffected and all the rest are new additions compared to Dom2.
The site based mages are a different matter. Most of them have remained roughly the same as they were, except their random picks have been modified, which in many cases makes them weaker and in some cases makes them stronger. Enchantresses are far stronger due to the changed random system, Sorceresses and some others a bit weaker.
Most indie mages suffer from old age problems right out of the box unless they have nature magic (again, Enchantress FTW) or are some specialty stuff like the Moon Mages (both regular and Elludian). This makes the non-old mages kick that much more backside all over town.
Compared to national mages, who have fairly limited random selection, many of the site mages are more powerful due to what they can bring to the table, more so than was the case in Dom2 in some respects, less so in others.
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