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Message: <blockquote data-quote="slobster" data-source="post: 5913474" data-attributes="member: 6693711">It is possible to make choices such that your spellslinger will be less effective, and some people play their wizards this way. That doesn't excuse the fact that a player who tries to be combat optimized will pretty easily outshine the rest of the party. That is the experience of many players and GMs, myself included.To put it another way, if there was a feat that gave fighters +6 to attacks and doubled their weapon damage, it would be overpowered. Maybe some players would choose not to take it, maybe some groups would devise clever houserules to deal with it or ban it. But the feat would still be overpowered, and I would want the next edition to bring it in line with competing character options. That doesn't mean it needs to be the same as other feats, it just needs to be toned down so that people who choose other feats don't feel that their choices are overshadowed by the fighter who did take it.That's how I feel about spellcasters in D&D (4E excluded).</blockquote>