A mage is a practitioner of magic derived from supernatural, occult, or arcane sources). The term "mage" is often used interchangeably with other terms such as magician, magus, magic-user, spellcaster, enchanter/enchantress, sorcerer/sorceress, warlock, witch, or wizard). In fantasy works, the terminology differs widely from one world to another, and each term has different meanings depending on the context and the story in question). In role-playing games, the term "mage" is used to describe a character class that is distinguished by the ability to cast certain kinds of magic but being weak in combat). The exact rules vary from game to game, and sub-classes are distinguished by strengths in some areas of magic and weakness in others. According to Ryze in one of Brands stories, mages are those that have a particular talent at asking or shaping the magic around them to do extraordinary things. A mage is someone capable of producing and controlling the magic around the world, but there are deviations. A sorcerer is someone that innately can conjure magic, either from birth or getting it from something, and the powers are wildly different from sorcerer to sorcerer.