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{{quote|Typical orders for any crew, whether at sea or in space, are "Shoot at anyone who looks like a wizard". Of course, this often means that the man who looks like a wizard really isn't.}}
** The official "Complete Arcane" expansion adds a class called "Warmage" which is kind of a cross between fighter and sorcerer. This class can wear light armor and light shields with no spell-failure penalty and can train to wear medium armor as a feat at later levels. Add in a Mithril Chain Shirt and a high Dex, and you have a sorcerer with almost as good AC as the Paladin tank in heavy plate with a tower shield.
* Thankfully avoided in ''[[Mage: The Awakening]]'' and ''[[Mage: The Ascension]]''. However, since both games reference ''[[The Invisibles]]'' in their source material... the new Robe and Wizard Hat is usually a trenchcoat and a punk haircut.
** For the sake of accuracy, it would be difficult for ''[[Mage: The Ascension]]'' to reference ''[[The Invisibles]]'' in its source material, since [[Older Than They Think|the game was written at least a year before the comic was]] - and the design/thematic elements of the game that led to a lack of robes and hats was in place right from the very first edition. That being said, it's interesting to note that both ''Mage'' and ''The Invisibles'' were later cited as sources [[the
** In their defense, White Wolf did mention that players who were looking for "High flying fantasy adventures in the vein a certain popular magical school in Great Britain" should probably look elsewhere. Too bad they kept the [[Glass Cannon]] [[Squishy Wizard]] of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' everywhere else.
* ''[[Shadowrun]]'' subverts this trope. Mages can wear body armor—just like anyone else—and fire a gun—just like anyone else. Provided that their stats are high enough to allow the armor (mmm, encumbrance) and skilled at firearms (mmm, defaulting).
* [[Iron Kingdoms|WARMACHINE]] mostly avoids this trope, as most warcasters prefer to go to battle wearing a full set of [[Steampunk|steam powered]] platemail. One's even fused to a [[Humongous Mecha]].
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