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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 9239373" data-attributes="member: 7030563">In 5E they are one of the most powerful casters.  If you are not counting the Mercer subclasses I think they are the most powerful.Hypnotic Gaze is amazing.  This is the most powerful 2nd level Wizard ability for the PHB Wizard subclasses.  It takes an enemy out of a fight until it is over and very useful out of combat as well.  RAW you can lock someone down for 6 days with Hyp gaze, if you have someone to cast greater restoration to keep you from dying from lack of sleep it can go indefinitely.   I have managed to land Hyp gaze against a boss and had the rest of the party do a rest before we continued the fight.Also if you look at the wording on hypnotic gaze, the first turn you do not need to stay within 5 feet, so you can use it and then scurry away.  If you stay though you can extend the effect.The only downside is the 5 foot range and the action every turn if you extend it.  As such things that help with that help tremendously.  Playing a Gobin that can disengage with a bonus action, or a race with a teleport bonus action are really good there, otherwise you are going to have to take an AOO here or there when someone saves.Instinctive charm is not that great, occasionally useful.Split enchantment is again amazing.  Split Pschic lance, Enemies Abound, Hold Monster or Ottos Dance are game changers.Alter memory is very situational and not very useful.  This also works better with a high Charisma, which is very difficult to do on Enchantment Wizard particularly, as Enchantment wizards will be closer to enemies than your average, making dex and con more important than they normally are.Things that can help this class tremendously:1. Take spells that don't use actions to do things.  Flaming Sphere and Storm Sphere are my favorites.  You can cast these, then next round lock someone down with hyp gaze and use bonus actions to still be in the fight.  Familiar+dragon's breath works for this too.2. Getting a 13 Charisma and a 2-level Sorcerer dip and metamagic adept and quicken spell feat really help a lot.  I would take the 1st sorc level early to get Absorb Elements and Shield, then do 12 Wizard levels, take the feat and then another level in sorcerer for flexible casting.  Then you can trade spells for sorc points so you can quicken things while holding a hyp gaze.  If you are playing a lot at high levels above 12 I think a 13 Charisma and a 12 Con is better than a 14 Con and 8 Charisma.As far as fiction - wyrmtongue from LOTR (books  not movie) is what I think of as enchantment Wizard</blockquote>

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