One example from a a game I ran a few months ago:Magic is also extremely strong! Most spells completely ignore armour etc and just deals direct damage and can kill or incapacitate a foe immediately.
And like said ready, magic users can wear armour, and fight like anyone else can. They can take all the general talents and so on.
The party encounters a sea serpent, which is insanely powerful (18 STR!). Both the fighter and the rogue tries to damage it, but it has 5 armor and they can't get through it. The sorceror casts STUN (a 1st level Stone Song spell) and breaks the beast in a single turn by doing 3 agility damage.
Without that spell, they certainly wouldn't been able to boast about it.
Trust me, friend. Magic IS powerful in that game.