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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 5910483" data-attributes="member: 996">While the wizard could buff himself to be about as good as a fighter at 'fighting,' that's just a theoretical exercise to illustrate strict superiority (and it doesn't quite pan out, even in 3.x - the fighter retains a bare edge against self-buffing casters, thanks to all his combat feats).&nbsp; What's really the most efficient for a 3.5 wizard is to buff himself to be an even better wizard - cast another spell every round, maximize his save DCs, etc.In 3.0, the teamwork thing held up a little better.&nbsp; You couldn't buff caster stats, and your buffs to non-caster stats (STR, DEX, CON) lasted so long it was very efficient to use those spell systematically, effectively transferring 'excess caster power' to the non-casters.&nbsp; It was still balance by magnanimity - the 'rich' caster giving charity to the poor non-caster - and it didn't last long, but it was a little something.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 5910483, member: 996"] While the wizard could buff himself to be about as good as a fighter at 'fighting,' that's just a theoretical exercise to illustrate strict superiority (and it doesn't quite pan out, even in 3.x - the fighter retains a bare edge against self-buffing casters, thanks to all his combat feats). What's really the most efficient for a 3.5 wizard is to buff himself to be an even better wizard - cast another spell every round, maximize his save DCs, etc. In 3.0, the teamwork thing held up a little better. You couldn't buff caster stats, and your buffs to non-caster stats (STR, DEX, CON) lasted so long it was very efficient to use those spell systematically, effectively transferring 'excess caster power' to the non-casters. It was still balance by magnanimity - the 'rich' caster giving charity to the poor non-caster - and it didn't last long, but it was a little something. [/QUOTE]

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