User blog comment:EvilMegaCookie/Maya/@comment-4867780-20150304020147/@comment-5819717-20150304101419

I can see why you would say that. I am still trying to find a trope that would describe her fair play nature. When interacting with other mages that is. As you might've seen in my other blog, they are by default reality warpers/conceptual manipulation users. Only that Maya has created a system in order to delude them into thinking that they need to use outside resources in order to warp reality.

She has learned from her own mistakes and set on about making sure that there would be limitations, whether they are real or not. An ephiphanic prison of sorts I suppose. :P

That is not to say mages are the be-all end-all of the setting. There are a few gods and monsters that could handle Maya and her ilk quite easily. One that is basically top-tier and invokes Cosmic Horror Story with all the points.

Mages are definitely in the top tier though. But what is most important with conceptual manipulation is creativity. This is especially true with foes that are immune to reality warping/conceptual manipulation.