Thread:ShamelessNitpicker/@comment-3581997-20161025073324/@comment-3581997-20161025100816

I am pretty sure the no wizards chucking fire balls around is due to the big scary voice on the intercom "No spell casting outside of the test-chamber".

Also keep in mind two important parties in that, The Hive and Ronelle Washington. The Hive want to free their imprisoned awakened brethren who did not play-ball with the societies and were locked up in a secret holding facility. If the Illuminati, or indeed any of the societies had the ability to suppress magical powers, such a facility would not be necessary. They would lock up Beaumont with the rest of Gaia's chosen, not in Arkham or simply inoculate all the non-cooperating bees. Then there is Ronelle Washington, an agent of the Magicians whose main defining talent is she can kill Gaia's chosen. Those two factors mean the Beaumont would not need to be kept alive or in the general population if he had the same type of "magic" as the players. Also keep in mind his little bit about how "You wreak of primitive magics". Something differentiates players' abilities from Third Age humans, though I admit that last part could just be elitism.