Chaos Mage
While other arcane spellcasters tap into the power of chaos only to shape it into weaker magics, the chaos mage prefers his magic undiluted. The side effect of this, however, is sheer unpredictability. Shunned by lawful creatures, the chaos mage wields raw magic power with little or no control. The chaos mage is merely the valve on the faucet.
Those who value chaos magic, however, either wield it or value it from afar. Chaos mages are beloved as saboteurs and often prove their worth in large scale combat situations. Their magic is extremely dangerous, not only to their enemies, but sometimes to themselves.
Adventures: Many chaos mages turn to adventuring because they are typically unwanted by society as a whole. The only task they can reliably do is cause damage, which they excel at. A chaos mage will often adventure to find a place in the world. They have a distaste for organization and monotony.
Characteristics: The chaos mage is highly potent magically, but is either unable to tame the heavy stream of magic he can cast forth, or unwilling to dilute it by learning control. He is only able to roughly shape his magic, which only slightly dilutes the potency of it. However, as long as the chaos mage still has energy left, he can still wield the raw magic, but has no way of knowing what it might do.
Alignment: The chaos mage is never lawful. The chaos mage may be honorable, but he will never follow a rule for the sake of being ruly. At best, a chaos mage's works are full of wonder. At worst, they are thoroughly destructive and a menace to all, even themselves.
Religion: The chaos mage feels unbound by rules and usually does not favor any particular god, except in the hopes of favorable luck. Thus the chaos mage might follow a god of fate or magic. Rarely though, because of the special qualities that are unique to chaos mages, a god might take a special interest in a particular chaos mage and become that chaos mage's patron. Such a chaos mage is truly fortunate.
Background: Chaos magic was discovered during the era of the dead gods of ["Annor"]. While the gods' influence was no longer felt, some found access to the wild powers of chaos magic. A chaos mage usually will begin to develop their powers at puberty. A household with a learning chaos mage will probably eventually be destroyed. At some point, a chaos mage will understand the powers he's been using and learn rudimentary control over it. Sometimes the chaos mage's abilities will be recognized and he will be sent somewhere to learn to develop them. More often than not, the chaos mage is on his own and shunned by society at large, including family and friends. Chaos mages have no sense of kinship, as they have little to share with one another. Typically, they fear one another as much as society fears them. Historically, Chaos Mages are taken to and held within the Basement of the [:TowerOfTheMages:Tower of the Mages] (also known as the [:TowerOfChaos:Tower of Chaos]) until such time that they learn sufficient control to not randomly damage their immediate environment.
Races: Any sentient race can develop chaos mages. Chaos mages are a rarity, thankfully, usually a sort of genetic mishap, where one inherits the ability to do great feats of magic, but no ability to control it. Even a mage with no training will usually at least learn enough control to become a sorcerer. But when they do not, they may become chaos mages. Chaos mage is a favored class for gnomes.
The 3rd edition d20 rules for Chaos Mages can be found here: http://www.chaosmage.com/Tabletop/ChaosMage.doc
Chaos Mages of Note
[:ChaosAkili:Akili]
["Deranged"]
["Delerium"]