Yeah the mage does less damage at the cost of all of his spells. Plus how is the mage living against the giant.
You just set all of the mages spells to combat only, no defensive spells.
What happens when the mage casts the first spell successfully. The fire giant runs over to the mage, readies an action to attack him when he next casts a spell.
Mage casts a spell, smacked for 20+ damage, cannot make the concentration check and loses the spell.
Wow, spell is lost, next gets only 1 of those spells that he gets hasted.
What happens to the mage after the fight, he has to stop because he is now useless.
The fighter can go on and fight another 5 more of these giants before having to rest.
The fighter will have around double the hp of the mage, and a much higher armor class.
You just set all of the mages spells to combat only, no defensive spells.
What happens when the mage casts the first spell successfully. The fire giant runs over to the mage, readies an action to attack him when he next casts a spell.
Mage casts a spell, smacked for 20+ damage, cannot make the concentration check and loses the spell.
Wow, spell is lost, next gets only 1 of those spells that he gets hasted.
What happens to the mage after the fight, he has to stop because he is now useless.
The fighter can go on and fight another 5 more of these giants before having to rest.
The fighter will have around double the hp of the mage, and a much higher armor class.