Quote from: RPGPundit on Today at 06:10:43 AMAgain, the only forms of magic that were forbidden were ones that touched directly on other laws or rules of the Crown or Church. Things like enchantment, necromancy, trying to create (artificial) life, curses or other forms of witchcraft etc.

Of course if your magical investigations led you to conclusions that were contrary to whatever the rather malleable positions of the Church were at any given time, you could find yourself executed for it, but the same was true of people who did the same with hard science.

And again, for the entirety of the middle ages until the Renaissance really got into gear, the vast majority of magicians in Christian Europe were Catholic monks or priests.

Ok, but how common were magicians?

At a 30,000 foot overview, those practicing magic in Europe were very rare and almost always persecuted as heretics if they weren't doing it under the direct supervision of the church.  Sure, there are exceptions but there wasn't anything along the lines of "court wizard." 

Magic practitioners in Europe were about as rare and controlled as nuclear reactors are today in the US.  Sure, they exist but less than one percent of the population have actually seen one from the outside, let alone directly interacted with one.

Compare that to just about any other place in the world outside of Christendom or the Islamic Caliphates.  Practitioners of mystic arts were just part of the tapestry of daily life.  Particularly renowned magicians were elevated to regional or national level power in their field but shaman, medicine men, witch doctors, etc. were available to most people.

This article is an excellent reminder of Why We Fight.  It's bad enough when freaks like this take over a hobby -- what if they take over the world?

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Quote from: Omega on Today at 11:58:54 AMWhat "logic"?

There is no justification except on the minds of raving lunatics.

Considering there are actual blacks mentioned peripherally in Tolkien's lore, it makes the whole "orcs are black" argument even dumber than it sounds on its face.

All my stuff except for Werewolf:Wild West are in storage. Since it seems to be a complete game I'll have a look through. Got it from a friend who got it from the owner of Viking Leathers way back.

Quote from: Shalashashka on Today at 08:31:04 AMAs stupid as it was, I at least understood the logic behind 'orcs are black people'.

What "logic"?

There is no justification except on the minds of raving lunatics.

Not sure why, but I got a laugh out of the stolen cab that she ripped the license plate off, drove around NYC a day, parked it at an airport for a few more days, then came back and it was there waiting for her to drive it around some more.

Greetings!

I read the entire article. I find it interesting how this clown sounds *exactly* like all the other Woke morons, wallowing in being eternal victims, while at the same time exalting themselves, their personal experience, their family, and their heritage over everyone else, most importantly normal White people.

Keep crying, bitch. You got fucking conquered. You, and your entire people got conquered because you were fucking weak.

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

So...basically the author of this piece of garbage is a woke POS, who "Feels" guilty about his "white privilege", and is spouting NPC talking points so he can be seen as an "ally" to the Woke Mafia.

Got it.

I'm not reading any of that.