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Originally Posted by T. Foster  Playing a 1st level magic-user is HARD...but it's also fun, because it's the most immediate -- a 1st level m-u is the closest you'll ever get to actually playing yourself in the dungeon... |
I agree with everything you said about playing a low-level magic user. I recently played one in a Swords & Wizardry game (playing is a treat for me -- historically, I'm almost *always* the DM), and loved it for all the reasons you describe.
I did well through multiple excursions, charming men-at-arms to aid me, charming gate-guards to avoid taxes, sleep-nuking goblins all over the place, et cetera. Sadly, I did make a mistake, last session. I got complacent (and greedy) and walked up to look in an open chest, myself, without checking everything out, first. A giant tick dropped on me from the cavern ceiling and took me down.
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