Some may not have the affinity to magic, and hence of such choose to be a warrior.
Or perhaps some have extremely limited capacity to magic and can only do one spell (Such as lightning) so pick up a sword - become a master of the blade and as a brilliant tactician use that one limited capacity to belch out a thunderclap upon their enemies.
You donāt need to be magic to be a badass.
This did not age well. I blame how good velves look in plate.
Anyway, void magic to enhance physical prowess, maybe premonition idk iām just pretty and deadly
This.
I canāt say I agree with everything you said, but you hit the nail on the head with the important stuff.
Few have the mental and/or spiritual capacities to wield magic. I think many here believe that any person walking around Stormwind can start casting fireballs with enough training, and I believe this is completely incorrect. Very few have that potential.
Now, just about anyone can pick up a sword and swing it around, but to become a legendary Warrior, like Varian, Saurfang, or even our own characters, you have to have the will, the drive, and in most cases the physical attributes to reach that level. They are the underdogs that through sheer will power they honed the skills to the point where they can drive a sword through a giant demonā¦
I fully support giving warriors a bit of magic. Nightborne lose their main racial on warriors as it is. Nightbourne should say, add 1% of your damage as arcane damage.
So, there is a discussion to be had here about whether they actually utilize magic or not. Things like Thunderclap would suggest they do somehow use some bit of magic. That said, that doesnāt mean itās canon.
Though, none of that really matters in the greater discussion. Warriors may choose that path for a variety of different reasons. My Draenei Warrior was a Paladin for the longest time. Then, after Argus and losing his youngest sister to being a Death Knight, he walked away from the light and instead chose to just improve that which he could control the most. He didnāt want to lean on a force that had itās own agenda.
On the flip side, my Magāhar saw it far more as a matter of being bound to honor and seeking it. He thought it was far more honorable to kill his opponents with his own prowess than to rely on the elements to do his work for him. It also was a way to make sure he could hold himself accountable for every choice made, not allowing him to lie to himself about being influenced by an external force.
Warriors have the worst when it comes to their moveset and lore.
Avatar- can you really become a stone colossus? wasnāt that a dwarf thing?
Can blademasters really use mirror image?
What about the Warrior signature move, bladestorm?
Weāve seen even npcs use moves like that, so who knows.
I see warriors and rage the same way I see monks and chiā¦ chi is the spirit essences that I gained from inner peace and what notā¦
I view rage as the exact polar oppositeā¦ the driving force of chaos within ourselves that allows us to push past what normal foot man or grunts could do.
The power of rage which allows us to stomp the ground with enough force to release kinetic energyā¦ the power leap across the battlefieldā¦ to ignore pain and strength to reflect spells back to its caster.
While it might not be magicā¦ rage is what letās us perform seemingly impossible feats.
Nextā¦ here is a lovely post I made a few months back that you might enjoy:
Nothing and I mean NOTHING, can overcome the chad-like aura of a true warrior. At least until you remove all your gear and switch specs like Saurfang did.
I feel like he shouldāve at least brought his own weapon to the mokāgora.
Far too many times I have seen magic manipulate, and I have seen it betray. Magic lies, twists, and corrupts, but Iron, pure Iron, never lies . Fel magic will destroy you, Void will drive you to insanity, Arcane will drain you, but 200lbs is always 200lbs.
I will use axes ethed with runes, I will hoist a shield strengthen by arcane, I will don armor made light by magic, but I shall not wield it lest it wields me.
Others might say power comes from magic, but I believe power comes from strength, and true strenght is a pair of legs bolting me to the ground. Mages will run out of mana and fall. Priests will be driven to insanity and expire. Paladins might lose conviction and die. I will refuse to fall purely on my own.
I do not shun magic, but I will regard it with caution.
[Also I am a half-wolf half-man. Im pretty sure I am magical.]
Faith in Steel.
Magics command a hefty price, even at their most āgenerousā. The Light, the Elements? They demand servitude. Fel? Itās a drug that destroys you, even as it makes you a hopeless addict to the power you think you command.
Steel? All it demands is blood, sweat, and time. All it demands is you put in the time and effort to pursue mastery. That you train, long and hard.
Steel only falters when met with a force it has not been tempered sufficiently to combat. Steel only falters when you falter.
It is by no means a āgentleā taskmaster- when your foes are paragons of the arcane, great monstrosities of steel, stone, and whatever ungodly magics man may dream, your training will be arduous indeed.
But therein lies the beauty of it: mages can be rendered powerless under a curtain of anti-magic, but training cannot be silenced thusly. Shamans may lose the favor of their patrons, but Steel has no mind with which to deny its wielder. The Light may abandon the faithful, but a blade has no agenda.
Magic falters - Training doesnāt.
Casters can be struck powerless - but a Warrior is their own power.