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<blockquote data-quote="Lurks-no-More" data-source="post: 3917600" data-attributes="member: 8226">It seems like too much change now, because 2e, and to a lesser extent, 3e weren't quite enough change. The game stagnated when RPGs went on.As for the worries about the wizard ceasing to be a generalist... well, I think wizard has been, especially at the high levels, too much of a &quot;do anything that other classes can do (except heal), and likely better&quot; guy.The Races &amp; Classes info from our Hungarian source says wizards will be focusing on evocation and illusion, with necromancy and enchantment nerfed. Some transmutations are gone, others remain; and a lot of what was previously ordinary spells will become rituals. Also, given that the wizard role is going to be a battlefield controller, I'm expecting them to have a lot of conjuration effects, to deny areas, block movement or sight, and so on.Although that doesn't sound like a &quot;do anything&quot; guy anymore, it does sound like a generalist to me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lurks-no-More, post: 3917600, member: 8226"] It seems like too much change now, because 2e, and to a lesser extent, 3e weren't quite enough change. The game stagnated when RPGs went on. As for the worries about the wizard ceasing to be a generalist... well, I think wizard has been, especially at the high levels, too much of a "do anything that other classes can do (except heal), and likely better" guy. The [i]Races & Classes[/i] info from our Hungarian source says wizards will be focusing on evocation and illusion, with necromancy and enchantment nerfed. Some transmutations are gone, others remain; and a lot of what was previously ordinary spells will become rituals. Also, given that the wizard role is going to be a battlefield controller, I'm expecting them to have a lot of conjuration effects, to deny areas, block movement or sight, and so on. Although that doesn't sound like a "do anything" guy anymore, it does sound like a generalist to me. [/QUOTE]

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