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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blackbrrd" data-source="post: 6170668" data-attributes="member: 63962">I think your math looks ok. I do think the  difference gets a even bigger when you get to layer on with feats like improved crititcal, power attack and use a two-handed weapon like falchion with 18-20x2 crit (or 15-20x2 with the feat). But, as a basic comparison I think it does a good job.It does look good if you are a blaster wizard though. An empowered* scorching ray doing 1.5x3x4d6 damage with about 95% hit chance for a DPR against a single target at 60 is pretty decent. Attacking a single target is about as bad a situation you can get as a Wizard, and here the wizard will outshine even the "optimized" melee guy at it.*Easy to do with a lesser empowered metamagic rod that costs 9k or one  for maximize that costs 14k for even more damage, or just use some  higher level spell slots. You have plenty at level 11 and later on with int of something like 26 with magic items you have so many spell slots you just don't care.So, my original point still stands. The blaster wizard in 3.5 wasn't bad at all, even in unfavourable circumstances and that they have reduced one part of the quadratic scaling of 5e wizards is something I think will be good for the game.</blockquote>