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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 5975330" data-attributes="member: 9037">I am all for giving fighters more goodies and bringing down some of the wizard abilities. My biggest issue with 3E is how easy it is to get magic items that extend a wizard ability to cast spells , the sheer amount of spells a wizards knows at higher levels and how easy it is to max out skills that make it hard to disrupt a spell. But when I read some of these posts I have to wonder who you are playing with. I have been made to feel like a lackey and it wasn't because I was playing a mundane character it was because the the DM never made any encounter where I got to shine or bothered to give my character any interesting things to do outside of combat the plot was always about someone else. I have also played with a few selfish players who did not mind ruining everyone else fun and stepping on toes in a big way.But usually I play with gifted DMs who know how to run a game that gives everyone regardless of class a chance to be the hero. Some of these examples like because the wizard can cast fly and invisibility he is stepping all over the rogue toes. Why would the wizard cast those spells on himself to fly up and take out the people on top of the cliff unless he is the best one to do it. The rogue can do it with those same spells and do a lot of damage because he can add his sneak attack. I play a lot of magic users and let me tell you I am always casting these type of spells on the rogue because it benefits the entire party. Sure I could cast those two spells on myself then fly up and use more spells to take them out.So how many spells have I now used?  Is this really the best way to use my resources? A lot of people act like a wizard can do everything on his own but he can't if you throw sheer numbers at him made up of monks , rogues and enemy spellcasters he is going to be hard pressed to live through that. I know someone is going to say he is going to cast time stop yeah if he gets it off first and even if he  does that does not mean he is going to be able to kill everyone standing then after the time stop ends it is there turn gee wouldn't it be nice to have a fighter or a barbarian around to help take down some of these enemies. Good encounters are designed to challenge the whole party not just one person of the party.</blockquote>

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