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<blockquote data-quote="ZombieRoboNinja" data-source="post: 6363806" data-attributes="member: 54843">I'll write the wizard one for you. Round 1: Forcecage. Done. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />My point was that the classes aren't balanced around solo combat. The fighter gains much more damage and survivability from the presence of his party than does the wizard. That's why you cast jump (or Haste or Magic Weapon or whatever) on the fighter, not on the wizard. Not because he sucks and you feel bad for him, but because he's such a badass he almost matches a wizard's destructive capacity WITHOUT magical assistance, and WITH it he's a juggernaut.That said, I will readily grant that a solo wizard is more capable the a solo champion, who can be bested by such devious challenges as A&nbsp; Brick Wall and A Really Deep Hole. The design intent, I believe, is that his companions help him bypass all sorts of obstacles, but he gets to feel like a knight in shining armor when it's time to slay the dragon.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ZombieRoboNinja, post: 6363806, member: 54843"] I'll write the wizard one for you. Round 1: Forcecage. Done. ;) My point was that the classes aren't balanced around solo combat. The fighter gains much more damage and survivability from the presence of his party than does the wizard. That's why you cast jump (or Haste or Magic Weapon or whatever) on the fighter, not on the wizard. Not because he sucks and you feel bad for him, but because he's such a badass he almost matches a wizard's destructive capacity WITHOUT magical assistance, and WITH it he's a juggernaut. That said, I will readily grant that a solo wizard is more capable the a solo champion, who can be bested by such devious challenges as A Brick Wall and A Really Deep Hole. The design intent, I believe, is that his companions help him bypass all sorts of obstacles, but he gets to feel like a knight in shining armor when it's time to slay the dragon. [/QUOTE]

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