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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 5741303" data-attributes="member: 87792">Except that the only one of those to apply to D&amp;D wizards is &quot;can cast magic spells&quot;.&nbsp; Old?&nbsp; Not necessarily.&nbsp; Wise?&nbsp; Look to the cleric.&nbsp; Wizards can dump Wis.&nbsp; And don't have many skills in any edition.&nbsp; Mysterious?&nbsp; Not if they load up on evocation (as many do, especially in earlier editions).&nbsp; The rogue tends to be more mysterious.&nbsp;And in just about every way with the arguable exception of age, a bard fits the classic wizard mould better than a wizard.&nbsp; Mysterious?&nbsp; Charisma is important.&nbsp; Wise?&nbsp; Possibly - certainly knowledgeable.&nbsp; Casts spells?&nbsp; Yup.&nbsp;&nbsp;According to the first hand accounts I've read they wanted mobile artillery at Lake Geneva for their fantasy skirmish rolling game and decided that wizard fitted the bill.&nbsp; In exactly the same way the origins of the Cleric are Vampire Hunter when someone's Vampire character got too powerful.&nbsp; The wizard started life as mobile artillery and expanded from there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 5741303, member: 87792"] Except that the only one of those to apply to D&D wizards is "can cast magic spells". Old? Not necessarily. Wise? Look to the cleric. Wizards can dump Wis. And don't have many skills in any edition. Mysterious? Not if they load up on evocation (as many do, especially in earlier editions). The rogue tends to be more mysterious. And in just about every way with the arguable exception of age, a bard fits the classic wizard mould better than a wizard. Mysterious? Charisma is important. Wise? Possibly - certainly knowledgeable. Casts spells? Yup. According to the first hand accounts I've read they wanted mobile artillery at Lake Geneva for their fantasy skirmish rolling game and decided that wizard fitted the bill. In exactly the same way the origins of the Cleric are Vampire Hunter when someone's Vampire character got too powerful. The wizard started life as mobile artillery and expanded from there. [/QUOTE]

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