black mage

Shadow magic wielder

A black mage is a character class in fantasy games and fiction specializing in offensive and destructive magic—fire, lightning, death spells—as opposed to white mages who heal and protect.

The archetype originated in early Japanese role-playing games and typically appears robed and mysterious: I'm playing a black mage so I can nuke enemies from the back row.

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robes · pointy hat · spellcaster · glass cannon · thunder · blizzard · elemental · necromancer · warlock · mana · magic points · casting · arcane · shadowy · mysterious · spellbook · conjure · incantation

Opposites
magic alignment/moral nature

black magewhite mage

Healing-focused spellcaster archetype

paladin · cleric · priest · priestess · sage

magical function/spell type

black magewhite mage

Healing-focused spellcaster archetype

healer · cleric · medic · shaman · druid

combat role

black magewhite mage

Healing-focused spellcaster archetype

healer · tank · defender · paladin · guardian

Family

black, mage, blacken, blackness, blacker, blackest, blackish, blackly, mages

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