I think we need a help file on how culture treats these children. In modern times children are given much more leeway than in medieval times. In those times it's my understanding that as soon as you began acting like an adult or were capable of being a functional person, you were treated as an adult...

Some magic requires only an internal focus of I will it so, other magic requires some sort of bodily movement. Also I've been put in a cell at times with no restraints, of course they did not think I was a mage, but the point is, one is not -always- restrained when put in a cell.

There are spells that make combat unnecessary, but it's kinda like if you make one mistake and someone manages to engage you in combat, then you need a decent amount of combat (which means grandmaster) to avoid being very quickly put down. Combat is an insurance policy that at the same time provides...

It sucks being a mage. There, I said it. ... Being a mage you're all secret all the time, have to keep track of everything, avoid certain people, make sure you've done everything perfect, and then - like I said, it's all over after a moment. Being 'on the run' forever sucks and isn't fun and has an...

If your mage character spends literally months meditating icly, he might be able to actually use the pain and discomfort being caused him to help him focus on separating his soul from his body. Once the two are separate it doesn't matter what you to do to the body, the soul is separate now. This is ...

Will there be a way to resist being escorted? For example if I'm robbing someone or murdering them?

I've played both and my mage was definitely harder to play. He had two different identities he had to manage and stuff he had to keep track of to make sure he didn't do or say the wrong thing almost all the time. There is more, perhaps I'll add to this post later.

I'm not in favor of caps because it would just encourage people to turtle their 150k characters. I don't see a problem with people having no limits on the character they create as long as they have the xp to create it. The 50% xp loss plus bonus xp loss at death is enough to make people turtle. Add ...

Castration

Forced silence or chastity (locked on gag or chastity belt)