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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blackbrrd" data-source="post: 6265297" data-attributes="member: 63962">Looking at your first character, you want it to have the advantage of light armor (more maneuverable) and be better at social skills than a regular fighter. You don't get something for nothing though, so you will have to make some sacrifices. Either less damage or worse AC. The point buy system makes it really expensive to max out a stat, so you don't lose that much str for a higher dex. I haven't done the numbers for 5e, but in 4e you could either go with a 20/15 split, or a 18/18 split. In other words, trading -1 to hit/dmg for +2AC, ranged attacks, initiative, reflex defense and so on. Since you are giving up heavy armor for light, you will end up a few points lower in AC (not up as directly derived from the stats).I don't think there was a single high hp wizard in earlier editions. You had the Sword mage from 4e, but it's not really a wizard. In 5e, you would probably need to multiclass fighter/wizard which I assume have some sub-optimal levels until they start to shine, much like it was in 3e.There will probably be quite good support of non-core classes after launch (probably way too much in my opinion), where you get more options. Until then, you can either just make a character that's not "optimal", or you can talk with your DM and come up with a feat or class feature that makes your character "optimal".</blockquote>