The Our Mages Are Different trope as used in popular culture. How does someone become a mage? Why should someone have the power to alter reality?

A tabletop game in the Old World of Darkness, which might as well have been subtitled "A Storytelling Game of Philosophical Knife-Fights.

A fantasy race or species for whom magic, or the ability to use it, is inherent in a setting where not everyone can do it.

This is an index of tropes relating to all types of characters who have the ability to use magic. This index is a subcategory of Magic and Powers.

White Mages may act as medics to get the wounded back in fighting shape more quickly than conventional medicine could, often back on the field before the battle ...

The Black Mage trope as used in popular culture. These mages are all about attacking with spells and doing lots of damage with them. Typically these mages …

The Child Mage trope as used in popular culture. The main magic user in the game or story happens to be the youngest person in the group. Possibly because …

A king or other high-ranking ruler to keep a magic-user on staff, primarily to provide mystical advice and magical spells, and possibly general wisdom and ...

The Mage Marksman comes in mainly two flavors: Compare Magic Knight and Kung-Fu Wizard, wherein the character uses a sword or their bare hands alongside magic.

Mage: The Awakening is a tabletop RPG made by White Wolf as part of the Chronicles of Darkness line. The story goes that long ago, people all over the world ...