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Originally Posted by mosaix  I agree with Chris on this. Throughout history there have been people in all societies who seemed to have magical powers - witch doctors, scientists, religious manipulators - and this doesn't seem to have lead to social unrest. Rather a hierarchy builds up instead. Those with the power, or the ability to use those with the power, become more powerful and become the leaders and the rest just go along with it. |
The difference is those who seemed to have magical powers and those who actually have it.
If your neighbor had a weapon of mass destruction, would you feel safe? Eventually you would either move away or decide to take it away. Now imagine if that weapon of mass destruction was the neighbor himself and those folk are all around. I just don't think the populace, especially since the original nobility were non-magical, would allow such power to go unchecked. They would eventually deal with it directly.