Question:
What's the difference between mages, druids, wizards, warlocks, paladins and a sorcerers?
anonymous
2009-08-18 09:08:51 UTC
What's the difference between mages, druids, wizards, warlocks, paladins and a sorcerers?
Seven answers:
Terry
2009-08-18 09:37:00 UTC
They are a group of constantly misused words. Sorcerers were oracles and healers until religions arrose that wished to denigrate them.



A paladin is a Knight paragon of chivalry; a heroic champion.



Warlocks are those who break their religious oaths.





Wizards are people who are expert at a specific discipline (The Wizard of Oz was a wizard of a showman.)



Druids are member of an order of priests in ancient Gaul and Britain who appear in Welsh and Irish legend.



Mages is a very modern verbal distortion of the word Magi. The Magi are the followers of Zorastisism--the Wise Men of the Christian Bible. Singularly the Magi is a Magus and that words pronunciation my be the reason the word Mage became popular.



Their defferences are obvious when the words are explained correctly.
mackert
2016-12-09 04:08:33 UTC
Druid Vs Mage
Shawn
2009-08-18 09:37:31 UTC
Some of those are hard to explain simply because there are many interpretations of each varying from person to person; but here's the differences as I know them.



Mages - Similar to wizards, mages are often regarded as an offensive type of magician, using magic in combat to overcome an opponent.



Druid - Less of a magician than most might think. Druids are a group of beings aligned with paganistic beliefs (not as bad as it's believed to be, pagans aren't evil they are simply a religious group that worships nature). Much of their magic is believed to be derived by invoking the power of nature rather than relying on one's own power. Often associated with healing.



Wizards - Typical magician with an overall understanding of magic but no real specialization.



Warlocks - Magicians with a focus in occultist magic. These are your typical "evil" magic users. They focus in on using the dark arts in order to overpower and manipulate their enemies.



Paladin - Rarely are paladins considered magicians. Paladins are holy warriors. While typically not associated with magic, these warriors often carry relics and know limited spells that allow them to gain a tactical advantage against opposition.



Sorcerers - The most complete form of a magician. The sorcerer has gained sufficient knowledge of every known area of magic and is often associated with magicians that can cast spells without chants or catalysts of any kind (wands, potions, etc). It is also believed that the magic produced by sorcerers is borderline miracle. Normally magicians can affect things with certain limits, like being able to make things appear by altering the state of objects in the area (alchemy), whereas sorcerers can force things into existence without "equivalent exchange".
Xzar
2009-08-18 16:03:35 UTC
Most of the above answers were fairly accurate, however Sorcerers were believed to be masters of Alchemy and such things. Not really generic witches and the like.
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2009-08-18 09:21:48 UTC
Mages are people from video games that can use magic.

Druids is Celtic Paganism.

Wizard is a term used to refer to male witches though most of us are just fine with calling ourselves witches

Warlocks is a word derived from a Latin word meaning "Oath Breaker" so a liar, if you call a witch a warlock its very offensive.

Paladins are also from video games and are fighters that can heal or use holy attacks.

Sorcerers is another magic user, usually used to refer to a evil magic user, im not sure if real witches like or dislike this term.



Blessed Be )O(
anonymous
2009-08-18 09:19:14 UTC
Their level of knowledge and powers. research Myth n Legends go to

Morgana's Observatory.
anonymous
2009-08-18 09:30:57 UTC
Not much. All nonsense! Don't worry about them. And love those two demerits. I have too much common sense.


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