Recent content by Rick Moscatello

Indeed. I've had parties of 8 and still the mages get attacked pretty regularly. Even if not in melee, ranged attacks are still quite possible.

Thing is, about Shield, is if you get attacked twice a day, you're better off with Mage Armor...and Shield stacks with Mage Armor. If you honestly think you need Shield, then you may as well have a better Shield while you're at it. So Shield only makes sense if you figure you'll be attacked...

Ooh, that's a good point, a mage that's already wearing armor sure won't need it. Anything else? "Don't wanna", on the other hand, isn't quite what I'm looking for. 5e is pretty robust (with a sane DM) so a player rolling up a wizard with an 8 Intelligence isn't going to "wreck" the game, but...

Sorry if this is a double post. My question is: is there a decent argument for a wizard (specifically) not casting/using Mage Armor past level 3 or so?