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<blockquote data-quote="kbrakke" data-source="post: 6615766" data-attributes="member: 6781797">This is correct, the key differentiation is the proficiency. If your wizard is proficient in the longsword then they are or have spent the time necessary to learn every little detail of how to use that weapon. How it feels in his hands, how to properly stand with it etc. etc. All the training you wonder about is wrapped in to proficiency. But even with the same stat and the same proficiency, the fighter is still better at using the sword. Almost every martial class will get two or more attacks which already sets them apart. Additionally every fighter archetype has something extra to let them stand above the exact situation you described. A strong, proficient wizard will be as accurate and hit in a simple case, but a champion will hit harder more often and have mastery over different weapons. A battlemaster will know how to use their weapon as a tool to control the battlefield and the Eldritch knight will know how to weave spells and swords efficiently. You could have a strong wizard that stats wise will be close to a fighter of the same level, but in play and in concept it's still different.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kbrakke, post: 6615766, member: 6781797"] This is correct, the key differentiation is the proficiency. If your wizard is proficient in the longsword then they are or have spent the time necessary to learn every little detail of how to use that weapon. How it feels in his hands, how to properly stand with it etc. etc. All the training you wonder about is wrapped in to proficiency. But even with the same stat and the same proficiency, the fighter is still better at using the sword. Almost every martial class will get two or more attacks which already sets them apart. Additionally every fighter archetype has something extra to let them stand above the exact situation you described. A strong, proficient wizard will be as accurate and hit in a simple case, but a champion will hit harder more often and have mastery over different weapons. A battlemaster will know how to use their weapon as a tool to control the battlefield and the Eldritch knight will know how to weave spells and swords efficiently. You could have a strong wizard that stats wise will be close to a fighter of the same level, but in play and in concept it's still different. [/QUOTE]

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