Warlocks

why dont we call the dark wizards Warlocks???? makes sense right????

if youve read my D&D books you would know the differance.

Because the actual "Warlock" would be the scholar that is specialized in demon & affliction rituals (found in various BOOKS). while a Shadow mage nukes like crazy and uses shadow magic.

Actually i think a dark mage would be one to control "dark" thoughts while a warlock is someone who actually directly associates themselves with the power of evil and malicious demons. So... what john said >.>.

Scholars just have a strong desire to master crazy complex subjects, being a powerful warlock happens to be a hard talent to develop. Mages have a strong urge to master great power, and specialize in an element and develop its abilities to the extreme, finding new and better ways to harness their potential. Fire Mages master the art of ultimate combustion. Frost Mages master the art of depressing the movements of their enemies and inflicting more pain using chilling mechanics of their frost magic. Thunder Mages want to find more efficient ways to get their damage to their location to increase the power of their electricity, so have their spellpower scale with mana efficiency, the less mana you spend per bolt, the stronger the bolt is.

Maybe giving a stat the power to reduce mana expenses, kinda like how the body pumps blood more efficiently, the healthier you make it (adding stats), so lets make char, int or whatever else increase mana efficiency, as apposed to a base mana gain, it will be one of those things you weigh into you builds, making our stats far more complex than any other games, making our players think hard about what they do to their characters. Other websites that are "wikis" of our game will be very complex, you can master everything there is to know about your classes.