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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8320548" data-attributes="member: 2629">You can't look myopically at elements in isolation when talking about the balance of the classes.  Fighters have some strengths, wizards others.  Fighters have some abilities that are limited use, wizards have other abilities that are limited use.  Fighters have stronger damage If a wizard just heals themselves with a bonus action spell, it is problematic for several reasons.  First, it muddies the identities of the classes.  Second, from a balance perspective, a first level spell offering d10+lvl healing as a bonus action is extremely out of whack with spells like healing word.  The classes, as a whole, in 5E are well balanced - more so than people give them credit for being.  People look at items in isolation, for the most part, when raising their complaints.  In truth cohesively, they work.  I've played all the classes except artificer for a substantial period of time, and enjoyed (and felt effective) with each PC.  They all work.</blockquote>