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    How is the Wizard vs Warrior Balance Problem Handled in Fantasy Literature?

    One thing that I've noticed in high/epic level 3.x D&D games is that often the melee fighting types could easily out-damage any of the casters on an individual target, even if the casters were using epic spells like hellball. The casters still had the area-effect advantage, but the fighter and...
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    How is the Wizard vs Warrior Balance Problem Handled in Fantasy Literature?

    I haven't read through the entire thread (only the first and last few pages), but I haven't noticed any mention of The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss. It takes a rather interesting approach to magic. There are several basic types of magic: Alchemy, is basically what you would...
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    A bit tired of people knocking videogames...

    I like both video games and tabletop RPGs, but I like them for different reasons and expect different things out of them. One of the most important things for my enjoyment is for the rules to support the setting rather than diverge form it. For example, if resurrection is relatively easy to...
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