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numpadic
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Cmon, are you kidding me? We weild the power of arcane and ice and i dont see where books came from, like give us somenthing more serious
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*the mage, flipping through an enormous tome filled with ancient magical texts and secrets, glances at the parchment and his eyes widen*
. . . . . It is well known through out history that mages have an affliction towards lore, knowledge and ancient spells and secrets. The greatest building in all of Faerun, to most mages and arcane seekers of the Realms, is a Library. It is called Candlekeep. I feel the name for this hall is quite fitting.
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"Elemental pwnage Dude!" was going to be my second choice though.
You do understand that to be able to cast spells you have to study A LOT right? Though you are gifted with the talent to become a magician it's not like you magically (huh huh) can spellcraft when you are a child, you have to learn first. And we are not talking about learning just to be able to cast the spells, to cast spells without inflicting serious damage or killing yourself takes not only a lot of concentration (D&D feat) but it also takes a lot of studying (hence Library/Books). Like they say in Baldurs Gate: "- Wisdom is only possessed by the learned".
Magicians in old stories, games etc was always the ones who were more intelligent and had a higher learning ability then all others. This might not seem much today when almost everyone attend to university and achieves diplomas and whatnot but do keep in mind that D&D is based around medieval history.
Most ppl could not read and could not write. Those who were proficent in swordskills often became military and those who had to steal to survive the day became thieves. Magicians is thus the "elite" if you will because they are one of the few chosen that can not only read and right but also spends most of their time with their nose in books, having a high knowledge of the world and the people in it and ofc its history.
Education is what drives the society forward so don't underestimate the name "The Library". If anything you should be proud but I guess you are from the late WoW generation where magic is as deep and lorebound as watching the Teletubbies go at it on saturdays.