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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 6442701" data-attributes="member: 2011">First off, thanks for a well thought out and detailed post. Kudos.As regards to your last sentence, I'm still trying to figure out the role of a low level Wizard. Blaster? Not really. Controller? If so, not for long. Protector? Not much there either. Buffer? No. Debuffer? Nope. Iron Mage? That's totally out of the question without multiclassing. There are a few spells like Sleep and Illusions that allow for a little control, but they really are extremely situational. And yes, there are spells that allow for all of these, just mostly in a subpar way (with the possible exception of Sleep).With regard to concentration, a side effect of it is that it also encourages wizards to "stay in the back where you belong". I have played a lot of Iron Mages starting with 2E and a lot more so with 3E and 4E, and that concept is almost totally gone. One really needs to be wearing armor to get there in 5E. Just using spells is mostly out of the question.</blockquote>