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** Oddly enough, right now the tanking paladin ensemble involves... a plate-armor skirt.
** Oddly enough, right now the tanking paladin ensemble involves... a plate-armor skirt.
** Another video references the plight of Paladin healers being forced to wear similar outfits in raids to be effective healers. "''I only wore it once... and I was sexy''".
** Another video references the plight of Paladin healers being forced to wear similar outfits in raids to be effective healers. "''I only wore it once... and I was sexy''".
** [[Guild Wars]] is one MMORPG that manages to avoid this trope. The armor for spellcaster professions are usually coats and trousers, with occasional skirts or [[Badass Longcoats]]. There aren't any hats, but each profession does have distinctive headwear - theater masks for mesmers, scalp tattoos for monks, head wrappings for ritualists, etc.
** [[Guild Wars]] is one MMORPG that manages to avoid this trope. The armor for spellcaster professions are usually coats and trousers, with occasional skirts or [[Badass Longcoat|Badass Longcoats]]. There aren't any hats, but each profession does have distinctive headwear - theater masks for mesmers, scalp tattoos for monks, head wrappings for ritualists, etc.
** Asheron's Call also avoids this trope, as almost any character can wear almost any armor or clothing, and spellcasting is not penalized by equipment. However, for the first few years of the game, there was a loud group of players who complained that their mage characters were forced to wear armor because robes didn't provide enough protection and that they couldn't dress like typical mages.
** Asheron's Call also avoids this trope, as almost any character can wear almost any armor or clothing, and spellcasting is not penalized by equipment. However, for the first few years of the game, there was a loud group of players who complained that their mage characters were forced to wear armor because robes didn't provide enough protection and that they couldn't dress like typical mages.
* In ''[[Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura]]'', spellcasting tires you out, meaning mages tend to wear light clothing, such as robes, but nothing stops you from wearing enchanted armor (mechanical armor, like every other technological item, is bad for you though) if you strong enough to carry it without penalty (decently possible for chain mail, fairly hard for plate mail).
* In ''[[Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura]]'', spellcasting tires you out, meaning mages tend to wear light clothing, such as robes, but nothing stops you from wearing enchanted armor (mechanical armor, like every other technological item, is bad for you though) if you strong enough to carry it without penalty (decently possible for chain mail, fairly hard for plate mail).
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* In the ''Avernum'' games, wearing armor makes it impossible to cast higher level mage spells (unless the character has the Natural Mage trait) so they usually end up wearing robes.
* In the ''Avernum'' games, wearing armor makes it impossible to cast higher level mage spells (unless the character has the Natural Mage trait) so they usually end up wearing robes.
* Worn by the title character in ''[[Soulcaster]]'' and ''Soulcaster II''.
* Worn by the title character in ''[[Soulcaster]]'' and ''Soulcaster II''.



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