Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25229725-20150128010644/@comment-25195920-20150129040433

Ok, i think i need to clear up some details here. First off, he is gifted is the use of storm magic particularly and strong, for a human mage, in all the others. Now strong for a human is not exactly powerful in the overall terms in the world i created here. Match him up against an elf or an immortal and he loses a straight up power battle (note elves are not immortal in this story they jsut have lives that last nearly 3  times that of the longest human ones or about 300 hundred years). Secondly, the magic of that world has the problem of needing focus and time to work properly. There are spells that require little time but all of them need at least a second to compose one self, subtract that and you got nothing. Furthermore, the more powerful the spell, the longer it takes to prepare, the more you ahve to focus, and if you mess up.... well, don't mess up, it ain't pretty. When i say "gifted in storm magic" i mean it takes him less effort and focus to pull off those types of spells. When i say "poweful in all other elemental types" i mean exactly the same thing but to a lesser degree. He still has the problem of not being able to perform any spell instantly. I also did not say all non-elemental magics, i said some. I probably shouldn't have specified necromancy as one of those types he won't use simply because it implied he could use them all. When i said some, i was thinking of enchantment (meaning applying magic to items not mind magic) and wards (meaning magical barriers or shields) and its worth noting he more dabbles in those than anything. And I think you're overstating his swords skills, he really, really sucks at sword play. A first year grunt in the military could take him in sword play without any effort.

I'll admit mages are powerful, maybe too powerful, but they aren't all powerful and Zanas sure as heck isn't.