CleverNickName
Limit Break Dancing (He/They)
Hot take: all PHB wizards are "generalist wizards" if you want them to be.
The thing is, a wizard is defined by the spells they cast (and maybe the feats they chose). And there's nothing keeping any subclass from choosing any spell and feat that their heart desires. They get once or two cool powers for their choice of subclass, sure, but this thread is packed with comments about how these powers are actually quite weak and subtle, not "powery" enough. It's a nice cookie in the lunchbox, but not the whole meal. It's a fun hobby, but not their career. Etc.
A Necromancer can choose fireball and invisibility if they wish, and nobody is going to twist their arm and make them animate the dead in every battle..it's just one option that they can choose, a little bit of flair. Generally speaking (see what I did there?), all Wizards have the same magic, and magic makes the mage.
The thing is, a wizard is defined by the spells they cast (and maybe the feats they chose). And there's nothing keeping any subclass from choosing any spell and feat that their heart desires. They get once or two cool powers for their choice of subclass, sure, but this thread is packed with comments about how these powers are actually quite weak and subtle, not "powery" enough. It's a nice cookie in the lunchbox, but not the whole meal. It's a fun hobby, but not their career. Etc.
A Necromancer can choose fireball and invisibility if they wish, and nobody is going to twist their arm and make them animate the dead in every battle..it's just one option that they can choose, a little bit of flair. Generally speaking (see what I did there?), all Wizards have the same magic, and magic makes the mage.