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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ristamar" data-source="post: 265736" data-attributes="member: 1207">If a 'naked' wizard or fighter is facing against something/someone strong enough to be throwing around Power Word: Kill, either one would likely soon be dead (though, again, I'd argue the wizard will still have a better chance at survival).  Why not throw in a maximized Meteor Swarm while you're at it?  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Even if the wizard had a ton of magic equipment, he can still fall victim to PWK.  Anyone can (given their hp is low enough).  Simply pointing out that a wizard can be taken out with a PWK doesn't nullify my argument.Nakedness and such aside, fighters are  simply much more dependent on equipment than wizards.  I don't see how this can be argued considering that's part of the basis for their respective class features.  Fighters can use every weapon under the sun and wear more types of armor than you can shake a stick at.  They rely on said weapons and armor for a large portion of their offensive and defensive capabilities.  Wizards, on the other hand, can't use squat.  They suck with weapons and armor.  For the longest time, they couldn't even wear armor.  Of course, they can in 3e, though I don't know many players that go that route, since it messes with casting spells.  They mainly rely on their class strength, spellcasting, for offensive and defensive capabilites.  This has always been the case in any edition of D&D.With that in mind, you're trying to convince me that taking away a fighter's class strength and the wizard's class weakness amounts to an equal end result?Sorry, I just don't see it.</blockquote>

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