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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Starfox" data-source="post: 6147411" data-attributes="member: 2303">Astute observation - I agree completely.Did you get this wrong, did you mean the wizard wins? Because that's how an open-ended conflict would turn out in most cases. In an arena duel, the fighter actually has a good fighting chance - especially if there are any rules at all.<anecdotal>In a 2E game we ran here, my character (ranger) challenged a party member (wizard) to a duel. Basically the wizard had once chance - win initiative and hope I failed my save against being turned into a newt. I didn't. After that, the wizard was toast.</anecdotal>I think a fighter could best a wizard in an arena duel  in most any edition of DnD. in 3E trough trips like readying, grapple, and so on, in AD&D simply because casting in melee was so very difficult. But a duel is a very special case.</blockquote>