Halivar
First Post
In my group we love talking about the 1st ed. wizard, which was almost never complete without a longsword and the ability to use it (they must've loved Gandalf). Then we talk about how much multi-classes wizard/fighters suck in 3rd ed.
It was recently demonstrated to me that, at sufficiently high levels, a cleric can fill a fighter's roll. That got me thinking: can a wizard or sorceror, from their own repetiore of spells, fill out the tank roll?
So, here's the challenge: how tough can you make a wizard for melee combat without multiclassing fighter? I look at spells like true strike, armor, shield (which stacks with armor), enlarge, magic weapon, bull's strength, and of course, Tenser's magic transformation and I have to say that a wizard properly played could make a stand up melee character (not a fighter by any stetch of the imagination, but not a pushover).
So if you HAD to build a straight wizard with a point-buy and a lean towards melee combat, how would you do it?
It was recently demonstrated to me that, at sufficiently high levels, a cleric can fill a fighter's roll. That got me thinking: can a wizard or sorceror, from their own repetiore of spells, fill out the tank roll?
So, here's the challenge: how tough can you make a wizard for melee combat without multiclassing fighter? I look at spells like true strike, armor, shield (which stacks with armor), enlarge, magic weapon, bull's strength, and of course, Tenser's magic transformation and I have to say that a wizard properly played could make a stand up melee character (not a fighter by any stetch of the imagination, but not a pushover).
So if you HAD to build a straight wizard with a point-buy and a lean towards melee combat, how would you do it?
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