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<blockquote data-quote="Altalazar" data-source="post: 1224619" data-attributes="member: 939">I see it mostly as an artifact.A pure wizard would still have to spend those precious feats to get proficiency in armor to avoid the penalties.Wizards tend to be weaker, so wearing heavy armor poses encumbrance problems.&nbsp; Even with a good AC, the wizard is NOT going to want to be in melee range - who wants those AoO?&nbsp; And there is also the issue of d4 hit dice.&nbsp; With the feat requirement for proficiency thrown in, I don't see that it really is even unbalancing to allow no spell failure.&nbsp; It just won't make that much of a difference - because to effecively wear armor requires a bit of an investment on the part of the wizard - in strength and in feats.&nbsp;&nbsp; And even with that, they will be slowed down.As for multiclasses fighter/wizards, the wizards are already screwed on the lost spell casting levels, so the minor benefit of being able to wear armor doesn't unbalance anything.&nbsp; As was pointed out in another thread, such class combinations totally suck from a spell-casting point of view - especially as compared to 1st edition.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Altalazar, post: 1224619, member: 939"] I see it mostly as an artifact. A pure wizard would still have to spend those precious feats to get proficiency in armor to avoid the penalties. Wizards tend to be weaker, so wearing heavy armor poses encumbrance problems. Even with a good AC, the wizard is NOT going to want to be in melee range - who wants those AoO? And there is also the issue of d4 hit dice. With the feat requirement for proficiency thrown in, I don't see that it really is even unbalancing to allow no spell failure. It just won't make that much of a difference - because to effecively wear armor requires a bit of an investment on the part of the wizard - in strength and in feats. And even with that, they will be slowed down. As for multiclasses fighter/wizards, the wizards are already screwed on the lost spell casting levels, so the minor benefit of being able to wear armor doesn't unbalance anything. As was pointed out in another thread, such class combinations totally suck from a spell-casting point of view - especially as compared to 1st edition. [/QUOTE]

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