I agree with many people that Loremaster is mandatory.
I think Stonemage is better than Greenmage in sense that dwarven magicians is more rare met in different settings than elf magician - hence more interesting. "Dwarfs can't in magic" is overused stereotype a bit and only in few games it worked fine.
Loremaster and Greenmage are my picks :)
Same here. Loremaster and Greenmage are my choices.
Boukenka
Agree that Lore master just sounds like boring old wiz we always get so voted other two.
Greenmage is my first pick. Then it's a hard one between the other two, but I'll go with Loremaster for the appeal on the Ddiscovery of Ancient Mysteries.
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Stonemage and loremaster for me
I voted green mage and lore master but I really would hate to leave the stone mage out just didn't seem varied enough to vote...really like the idea of a dwarf with elven apprentice's though lmao
dhracian13
I voted for StoneMage and GreenMage because I agree with those that say Loremaster sounds boring, like the generic wizard we've seen in fantasy fiction thousands of times before.. The other two archetypes sound like something different.
The current Loremaster's description can basically be accomplished via savescuming when trying to scribe a scroll. The history of IWD/BG/NWN series of games tells us this.
So yeah, Stone and Green.
only voted Stonemage because Greenmage = Druid and Loremaster = Sorcerer
Loremaster would be the choice if there was a counter balance choice but to go along with it green or stone dosent fit at all. so obvious choice givin the 3 will be green and stone.
Voted Loremaster and Greenmage, meant to vote Stonemage and Greenmage. Whoops! I like the idea of culturally-specific magic studies and, as others have noted, Loremaster hews pretty close to the generic wizard in most settings.
We already know what archetypes the Fighter will have. Now we vote for the archetypes of the Wizard. Is it worth counting that to select archetypes of other classes (the priest is especially interesting to me), the game developers will also let us vote? What priest archetypes should we count on?
In this case i voted for Loremaster and Greenmage.
As for my love for Dwarves I want to see a Stonemage. The other choice is a bit more difficult. But I lean more to a Loremaster as I saw way too many games which focused too much on elves, elves, elves and their nature magic.
I say down with elf favorism. ;) Stonemage and Loremaster it is, especially into an adventure which goes underground to smoke out Orcs and armies of spiders. Time to rock'n'roll and crush the vermin and fry the rest for dinner. ;p Having an educated tour guide in the underground team is also beneficial.