The scholarly aspects of high magic and the intricacies of its practice is closely related to the typical profile of its practitioners. This form of esoterism was mostly present in wealthy and aristocratic circles, among noble and wealthy intellectuals of the time.

In LARP, nobles and merchants characters are sharing some similarities, often conflated together by stereotypes and caricatural cliches. We all saw those pompous, hedonistic, prideful and self-important characters despising everything that is common or bellow them, shunning physical work and boasting with an almost cartoonish sense of entitlement.