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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ashrym" data-source="post: 9781114" data-attributes="member: 6750235">The OP made a claim about spell casters and then based it on an incomplete reference to what wizards gain at 2nd level.Bards gain Expertise, Jack of all Trades, an extra spell prepared, and an extra spell slot.  That doesn't seem like much but it is a bonus to many skill checks and 3 1st-level spell slots over 2 is a 50% increase in spells.  This is one of the least exciting classes when it comes to second level but to be fair bards to add bonuses to a lot of skill checks at this level, which is not a limited resource like spell slots and something I like about the class.Clerics gain the same additional spell prepared and spell slot plus Channel Divinity.Druids gain the same additional spell prepared and spell slot plus Wild Shape and Wild Companion.Sorcerers gain the same additional spell prepared and spell slot plus Meta Magic and Font of Magic.Wizards gain the same additional spell prepared and spell slot plus 2 more spells in their spell book and Scholar.  This also doesn't seem like much but using the additional spells for an additional ritual is useful.  Pointing to the wizard is not representative of all casters.Warlocks don't fit the same spell progression but they are full casters as demonstrated by the speed with which they access higher level spells.  They gain a prepared spell, a pact slot (which is significant because of the short rest recovery), Magical Cunning for an additional slot per day, and triple the number of invocations from 1 to 3 for a solid benefit.Most spell casters gain or focus on abilities that are iconic to the class at 2nd level so it's hard to see that as a bad thing, and the first two levels typically are either skipped or go by so fast it wouldn't really matter much even if those classes weren't gaining much at 2nd level.</blockquote>

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