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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 2888758" data-attributes="member: 29014">Actually, melee touch spells often are indeed more powerful than their ranged equivalents, using the melee requirements as a balancing factor.  Otto's Irresistable Dance, for instance, would be pretty crazy at range.  True Strike, even Quickened True Strike, is balanced based on the idea that a Mage won't be such a great attacker anyway.  Heck, that's what makes Wraithstrike one of the most broken spells ever created.Melee-oriented mages, or any mages really, suffer from the unplayably low d4 HD unless you have a Con bonus to go with it.  They also suffer from the lack of armour, but this can be avoided through the careful purchase of small +armour items for fairly cheap prices and the casting of Mage Armour and Shield.  If you want to keep it up, however, it is a good idea to go Ruathar to Eldritch Knight and maybe one level in Spellsword.  You lose only 1 spellcasting level for the 1st in Eldritch Knight (avoiding fighter with Ruathar), putting your Wizard at the same playing field as a sorcerer--but with more HP than the sorcerer and more BAB than the cleric.</blockquote>