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How is the Wizard vs Warrior Balance Problem Handled in Fantasy Literature?
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<blockquote data-quote="Iota" data-source="post: 5482143" data-attributes="member: 6671429"><p>A lot of people agree that D&D has historically heavily favored spellcasters after about a third of the way thru leveling and the classes were drastically unbalanced at the endgame. I'm trying to brainstorm an approach to correcting this inbalance in a way that maybe makes more sense than the 4e "make everyone a Vancian caster" approach. So, I'm thinking of look at fantasy source material: the novels and epic tales that inspired fantasy roleplaying games in the first place.</p><p></p><p>So, since I don't have the time to read all the great fantasy literature in one setting, I thought I'd ask everyone here: </p><p></p><p><strong>How have you seen warior characters in fantasy books overcome spellcasters?</strong></p><p></p><p>I recently read a Conan story where Conan's encounter with a wizard was a bit anticlimatic - he just threw a dagger at him and killed him in one shot while the wizard was trying to cast a spell. So, in that case, spellcasting probably took more than the typical "Standard Action" and the wizard had *very* low Hit Points and no protective magic in place (even though he was anticipating the encounter).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iota, post: 5482143, member: 6671429"] A lot of people agree that D&D has historically heavily favored spellcasters after about a third of the way thru leveling and the classes were drastically unbalanced at the endgame. I'm trying to brainstorm an approach to correcting this inbalance in a way that maybe makes more sense than the 4e "make everyone a Vancian caster" approach. So, I'm thinking of look at fantasy source material: the novels and epic tales that inspired fantasy roleplaying games in the first place. So, since I don't have the time to read all the great fantasy literature in one setting, I thought I'd ask everyone here: [B]How have you seen warior characters in fantasy books overcome spellcasters?[/B] I recently read a Conan story where Conan's encounter with a wizard was a bit anticlimatic - he just threw a dagger at him and killed him in one shot while the wizard was trying to cast a spell. So, in that case, spellcasting probably took more than the typical "Standard Action" and the wizard had *very* low Hit Points and no protective magic in place (even though he was anticipating the encounter). [/QUOTE]
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