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<blockquote data-quote="TwoSix" data-source="post: 7916641" data-attributes="member: 205"><p>Languages and information gathering feel like Wizard stuff to me, I guess. I also want Wizards to have a decent selection of rituals.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yea, this always felt like more of an enhancement spell to me. Giving it to Wizard originally always felt like a bit too much of "Wizards have a solution for everything."</p><p></p><p></p><p>Giving Druids a lot of the necromancy spells that impacted life energy was something I felt gave them a little more of a thematic niche. Life and Death, ya know?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yea, I was thinking of moving this back. Wanted to keep as much blasting potential in Wizard as possible.</p><p></p><p><strong>Sleep (Druid*/Wizard) (B,S,W)</strong></p><p>Thinking along the Fey-line, I moved it to Druid, but it would be fine staying in Wizard as well.</p></blockquote><p>I flopped this back and forth a few times. This is just such an iconic Wizard spell I decided to let it stay there. The fact that it's AoE just solidified it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>AoE attack spell clinched it for Wizard for me. I think one difference here is that I'm OK with making sure the lists DON'T cover everything, having Clerics with few AoE options, or Wizards with no heals, feels like it's part of the point of the exercise.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="TwoSix, post: 7916641, member: 205"] Languages and information gathering feel like Wizard stuff to me, I guess. I also want Wizards to have a decent selection of rituals. Yea, this always felt like more of an enhancement spell to me. Giving it to Wizard originally always felt like a bit too much of "Wizards have a solution for everything." Giving Druids a lot of the necromancy spells that impacted life energy was something I felt gave them a little more of a thematic niche. Life and Death, ya know? Yea, I was thinking of moving this back. Wanted to keep as much blasting potential in Wizard as possible. [B]Sleep (Druid*/Wizard) (B,S,W)[/B] Thinking along the Fey-line, I moved it to Druid, but it would be fine staying in Wizard as well.[/quote] I flopped this back and forth a few times. This is just such an iconic Wizard spell I decided to let it stay there. The fact that it's AoE just solidified it. AoE attack spell clinched it for Wizard for me. I think one difference here is that I'm OK with making sure the lists DON'T cover everything, having Clerics with few AoE options, or Wizards with no heals, feels like it's part of the point of the exercise. [/QUOTE]
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