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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 9166673" data-attributes="member: 50987"><p>I've learned to be very suspicious of what D&D "needs," according to the Internet. Because most of the time, in this context, people say "the game" when they really mean "the DM."</p><p></p><p><em>The game</em> does not "need" wizards or warlocks, any more than it "needs" clerics, bards, or sorcerers. It's true that the books recommend a balanced party, and they have some suggestions about what a balanced party could look like, and one recommendation is that there be some kind of spellcaster in the party. That's it. Now <em>the DM</em> might be planning a campaign that might not have gods or blood magic, and that might affect certain classes and options...but that's the DM's prerogative, not a game requirement.</p><p></p><p>If you decide to play a cleric, that's fine. If you decide to play a druid, that's fine too. You don't "need" to also add a wizard, and a warlock, and a bard, and etc. to fill an arbitrary requirement. You just need to chat with your DM and ask about spell selections and subclasses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 9166673, member: 50987"] I've learned to be very suspicious of what D&D "needs," according to the Internet. Because most of the time, in this context, people say "the game" when they really mean "the DM." [I]The game[/I] does not "need" wizards or warlocks, any more than it "needs" clerics, bards, or sorcerers. It's true that the books recommend a balanced party, and they have some suggestions about what a balanced party could look like, and one recommendation is that there be some kind of spellcaster in the party. That's it. Now [I]the DM[/I] might be planning a campaign that might not have gods or blood magic, and that might affect certain classes and options...but that's the DM's prerogative, not a game requirement. If you decide to play a cleric, that's fine. If you decide to play a druid, that's fine too. You don't "need" to also add a wizard, and a warlock, and a bard, and etc. to fill an arbitrary requirement. You just need to chat with your DM and ask about spell selections and subclasses. [/QUOTE]
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