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<blockquote data-quote="jshaft37" data-source="post: 5857304" data-attributes="member: 6671287"><p>exist.</p><p></p><p>If wizards can ascend to "godlike" power, then they would constantly be hunted down and either regulated or eliminated. It doesn't make sense for all of the PC races to let a small subset hold exponential power over the vast majority. I'd imagine that in a world where monsters, undead, and combat are commonplace, then eliminating a great threat, like a potentially all powerful wizard, wouldn't be out of the question either. </p><p></p><p>Even lawful good aligned wizards would be feared, because they would represent an imbalance in the world, and they would be rigorously hunted by the forces of evil. Perhaps even the forces of good would consider the lawful good wizard a threat because they could still represent tyranny.</p><p></p><p>As some will claim, the wizards used to have laughable hitpoint values. If wizards pose that much of a threat, the first time a wizard battles any intelligent creature, the aim of that creature would be to kill the wizard without regard for the other party members. However, (some) DM's do not (and should not) play to kill characters, and that creates an unfair advantage for the wizard that should not be allow to survive.</p><p></p><p>At the very least, if the power of a wizard is so great, then they should be rather rare, and the requite for playing a wizard should be difficult to achieve, requiring ability score to be rolled at random (i'm talking more difficult than straight 3d6 rolls for a 1E Ranger).</p><p></p><p>That's the best I can rationalize the need for balanced classes.</p><p></p><p>maybe i'm just babbling at this point, but this was something that crossed my mind when I was running today. Maybe it was just lack of O2 to the brain...</p><p></p><p>TLDR...Classes should be balanced.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jshaft37, post: 5857304, member: 6671287"] exist. If wizards can ascend to "godlike" power, then they would constantly be hunted down and either regulated or eliminated. It doesn't make sense for all of the PC races to let a small subset hold exponential power over the vast majority. I'd imagine that in a world where monsters, undead, and combat are commonplace, then eliminating a great threat, like a potentially all powerful wizard, wouldn't be out of the question either. Even lawful good aligned wizards would be feared, because they would represent an imbalance in the world, and they would be rigorously hunted by the forces of evil. Perhaps even the forces of good would consider the lawful good wizard a threat because they could still represent tyranny. As some will claim, the wizards used to have laughable hitpoint values. If wizards pose that much of a threat, the first time a wizard battles any intelligent creature, the aim of that creature would be to kill the wizard without regard for the other party members. However, (some) DM's do not (and should not) play to kill characters, and that creates an unfair advantage for the wizard that should not be allow to survive. At the very least, if the power of a wizard is so great, then they should be rather rare, and the requite for playing a wizard should be difficult to achieve, requiring ability score to be rolled at random (i'm talking more difficult than straight 3d6 rolls for a 1E Ranger). That's the best I can rationalize the need for balanced classes. maybe i'm just babbling at this point, but this was something that crossed my mind when I was running today. Maybe it was just lack of O2 to the brain... TLDR...Classes should be balanced. [/QUOTE]
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