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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ristamar" data-source="post: 264356" data-attributes="member: 1207">Two major points:- A magic weapon is usually needed to bypass even the most piddly Damage Reduction.  Casters have an entire arsenal of spells at their disposal which bypass DR and have spells capable of temporarily enchanting weapons.  The only thing hindering them is SR, and even then, a caster simply summon or Gate monsters to do most of the melee work for him, or at least provide a distraction.- While the 'naked' fighter is still a decent offensive machine against opponents lacking DR or having very poor DR, he lacks adequate means of protecting himself.  Again, the casters have plenty of means to protect themselves, such as endure elements, mage armor, shield, stoneskin, etc. On top of that, you have utility spells (summon spells, teleportation, invisibility, haste, wall of force, etc.) and even if the caster is caught mostly unprepared, he can generally conjure some sort of temporary defense (or flee and/or hide magically), buff himself with spells, and then go to town on the enemy.High level fighers need their magical equipment to survive.  Casters are far more capable of making due without it in a pinch.</blockquote>