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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AuraSeer" data-source="post: 311124" data-attributes="member: 1331">"All he can do is cast Magic Missile"? Er, no. Even that Sor6 has plenty of 1st- and 2nd-level spells, which could include things like Charm Person and Blindness and Melf's Acid Arrow. Give him one more level and he can use his 3rd-level slots for FireballsAs the caster increases in level, the relative impact of his defensive spells shrinks. Putting up Shield, Haste, Fly, and Prot. from Arrows uses up four slots. A Sor12 has a total of 32 slots (again not counting cantrips or bonus spells), so the defenses only use up one-eighth of his potential spellcasting capacity, and leave all his best slots untouched. Most enemies of his level will go down long before he runs out of Cones of Cold and Chain Lightnings and whatever else.Note that these levels and spell selections are just examples that I'm pulling out of the air, so let's not get sidetracked if I've made some mistake. The point is that it's very hard to stop a spellcaster unless you have a caster of your own.In 2e, fighter-types could stymie any mage just by full-attacking with missile weapons, because a single lucky hit for 1 hp would prevent spellcasting for the round. Nowadays, with the Concentration skill and the need to ready an attack-to-interrupt, it's not so easy. In 3e, any force without its own magical support is just gagging for a sorcerous smackdown.</blockquote>