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<blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 7202446" data-attributes="member: 5100"><p>Mostly satisfied. I'm mixed on my thoughts around the way the subclasses are done, though.</p><p></p><p>Given the history of the game, it would be odd to <u>not</u> have those specialist wizards with their own builds. That's an important cow, and one I don't mind. The shear number of sub-classes would seem to discourage additional options, though. Both because it sets a tone for what a wizard subclass should be and because I suspect most folks have a soft cap on the number of subclasses for <u>any</u> class before it hits either a space limit in print or a cognitive limit for moving parts. I'd like to see 5E versions of the 3.5 Warmage, Beguiler, etc. These seem like they should be Wizard subclasses, potentially offered as a setting alternate to the current list. Thing like the bladesinger in SCAG, I think they might eventually show up.</p><p></p><p>More specifically, I think the specialist abilities could maybe be balanced a bit better. I've only seen the Evoker in play, but I found the "donut hole" ability combined with the Spell Sniper feat to be incredibly annoying. And, maybe that's the better word. I'm not sure it's broken so much as just obnoxious. None of the other abilities read as nasty, though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercule, post: 7202446, member: 5100"] Mostly satisfied. I'm mixed on my thoughts around the way the subclasses are done, though. Given the history of the game, it would be odd to [U]not[/U] have those specialist wizards with their own builds. That's an important cow, and one I don't mind. The shear number of sub-classes would seem to discourage additional options, though. Both because it sets a tone for what a wizard subclass should be and because I suspect most folks have a soft cap on the number of subclasses for [U]any[/U] class before it hits either a space limit in print or a cognitive limit for moving parts. I'd like to see 5E versions of the 3.5 Warmage, Beguiler, etc. These seem like they should be Wizard subclasses, potentially offered as a setting alternate to the current list. Thing like the bladesinger in SCAG, I think they might eventually show up. More specifically, I think the specialist abilities could maybe be balanced a bit better. I've only seen the Evoker in play, but I found the "donut hole" ability combined with the Spell Sniper feat to be incredibly annoying. And, maybe that's the better word. I'm not sure it's broken so much as just obnoxious. None of the other abilities read as nasty, though. [/QUOTE]
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