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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 5483872" data-attributes="member: 58197">As a yet unpublished fantasy writer, my main tool for keeping wizards in check relative to warriors is simply to define what the wizard can and cannot do.For instance, one of my characters is a sorceror who has the power to animate the dead. He can use this power more or less at will, on any corpse within hearing that isn't protected by a divine blessing. The resulting undead last indefinitely and serve without question. He also knows how to summon demons, although this is a long and highly dangerous process taking minutes to hours, and he's got three familiars--minor demons that don't require a summoning ritual and can do a few parlor tricks.Crazy powerful? Absolutely. Give him a few months and he can raise up an army like the world has never seen. But if you put him face to face with a swordsman, none of it helps him much. He can't throw fireballs or turn invisible or create force fields. One of his familiars can blind a foe for a short time, but that's the only combat magic he's got. His answer to enemy warriors is a big tough snarky bodyguard.The &quot;Batman wizard&quot; is what leads to invincibility. Get rid of that and everything becomes a lot easier.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 5483872, member: 58197"] As a yet unpublished fantasy writer, my main tool for keeping wizards in check relative to warriors is simply to define what the wizard can and cannot do. For instance, one of my characters is a sorceror who has the power to animate the dead. He can use this power more or less at will, on any corpse within hearing that isn't protected by a divine blessing. The resulting undead last indefinitely and serve without question. He also knows how to summon demons, although this is a long and highly dangerous process taking minutes to hours, and he's got three familiars--minor demons that don't require a summoning ritual and can do a few parlor tricks. Crazy powerful? Absolutely. Give him a few months and he can raise up an army like the world has never seen. But if you put him face to face with a swordsman, none of it helps him much. He can't throw fireballs or turn invisible or create force fields. One of his familiars can blind a foe for a short time, but that's the only combat magic he's got. His answer to enemy warriors is a big tough snarky bodyguard. The "Batman wizard" is what leads to invincibility. Get rid of that and everything becomes a lot easier. [/QUOTE]

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