[quote]Banxey2 wrote...
4. Not all apostates are Malificar. Some are capable of living outside of the circle within Andrastan laws while policing themselves (Mages Collective).[/quote]
And how does the mage collective deal with their problems?
Hireing ureliable mercenaries. Adds.
I just don't see the Mage Collective system as viable.[/quote]
That's not actually how the collective works, the Warden was a special case. But my point wasn't really whether or not it is something that is a solution, but rather that mages are capable of policing themselves to a point. If something like the collective existed within an agreement with Chantry-controlled Templars, it might prove to be something worthwhile.
[quote]Yes, because they were practicing mass possesion.
This is what happens when you give mages too much freedom.[/quote]
Practicing mass possession is quite an alarmist term for it. What they were doing was training some female mages in Rivaini traditions which predate the Chantry. It seems highly unlikely that these people would have less of a grasp on the inherint difficulties of such a practice than a group of Templars. It is also telling that these people live in close proximity to a large community, and a large community of Qunari, and yet they don't have such significant problems that the Templars and Chantry felt the need to do anything about it. If they didn't know about it beforehand, well that just speaks volumes as to how "out of control" Dairsmuid really was.
[quote]These adults wield powers unlike any other and are coveted by demons.
Damn right you dont' trust them to police themselves.
You cannot even trust them that they are themselves, rather than being a flesh puppet for a demon.
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The demons don't covet mages, they covet life. Mages have a connection to the fade which makes it easier for demons to get access to mortal life. Maybe that's just semantics, but your point that you can't trust them or know whether or not they are currently in possession is a fairly broad statement. And considering mages have to willingly succumb to/or seek out demons in order to be a threat, to actually assess the danger you have to look at the numbers and the likelyhood of a scenario of a self-controlled group of people all succumbing to demons before anyone within that group can raise the alarm. It is very, very unlikely. And perhaps more likely when the group is relying on Templars to police them because their peers will think nothing of a fellow mage acting secretive.
With that said, I am neither anti-Templar, or pro-Blood Mage. But I am not going to condemn and imprison an entire group of people based on the actions of psychopaths, or people who make poor decisions while staring at the pointy end of a Templar's sword.
[quote]MisterJB wrote...
They placed requests in a bag and hoped someone strong enough selected them. That is not a reliable system of policing.
And some of those requests were quite sinister.
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The game mechanics were a little misleading. I recently started replaying the game and the codex mentions that the collective are a group who rely on others within the group to help them with their problems. The Warden was a special case. But yes, the Scrolls of Bannister quest was a little suspicious. I wasn't saying that the system was ideal, but it shows that there are mages outside of the Chantry who adhere to their principles and deal with Malificar in the same way the Chantry does.
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