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I guess one can always put points into strength to beef up the casters, if they feel they are too wimpy. lol
Also - in terms of politics in writing. I think it was Orwell who wrote a fantastic essay about why all writing/art is political. He makes strong arguments about it (been flipping thru my books here, but cannot find the essay I am looking for, so I may have the wrong author). On the flip side, I also remember and essay by Tolkien explaining why he despised allegorical writing, and embraced fantasy as one of the most potent ways to let the imagination run wild without invoking the problems of the real world. Nonetheless, when the LOTR movies came out, I remember my hairdresser regaling me for over an hour with her theory about how Gandalf is obviously an allegory for Jesus, while one of the other hairdressers claimed that the Orcs were a thinly veiled story about WW2. *sigh*
(sorry -- packing for vacation and have no time to rummage around for the sources for the Tolkien and Orwell arguments -- I know they are in this house of chaos somewhere! lol)
Regardless. It is always easy to see whatever politics you want in any medium depending on your own time and experience. Stories of slavery, sexuality, oppression, freedom, fighting those in power, religion, race, revenge, government, injustice .... these are themes found in most good fiction EVER written because they are human themes. I mean --- it is simply impossible to get around them. Unless you want to play...idk...Mario Cart or something.
Although if pressed, I am sure I could find political themes in that game too if I wanted to.
