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<blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 9162752" data-attributes="member: 6677017"><p>I'm trying to find a way to make my answer useful to the OP, but I'm not sure how well I'll succeed.</p><p></p><p>I don't think any D&D class that could only do one of those qualifies as a D&D wizard.</p><p></p><p>You could probably give up one or two of those and still have something you could call a wizard, but not all except one.</p><p></p><p>That's also not my understanding of class niches and niche protection. As I have always viewed it, having a niche in D&D means the class is either the only one who can do something (generally an unnecessary extreme), or being the acknowledged best at doing something (the more common meaning). To protect that niche that simply has to be true. Don't make a class heal better than the Healer, hit harder than the Hitter, summon better than the Summoner (D&D classes are complicated, so I made up examples instead). Niche protection is not about a class being unable to do anything but their niche. That would be some sort of non-niche exclusion principle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sword of Spirit, post: 9162752, member: 6677017"] I'm trying to find a way to make my answer useful to the OP, but I'm not sure how well I'll succeed. I don't think any D&D class that could only do one of those qualifies as a D&D wizard. You could probably give up one or two of those and still have something you could call a wizard, but not all except one. That's also not my understanding of class niches and niche protection. As I have always viewed it, having a niche in D&D means the class is either the only one who can do something (generally an unnecessary extreme), or being the acknowledged best at doing something (the more common meaning). To protect that niche that simply has to be true. Don't make a class heal better than the Healer, hit harder than the Hitter, summon better than the Summoner (D&D classes are complicated, so I made up examples instead). Niche protection is not about a class being unable to do anything but their niche. That would be some sort of non-niche exclusion principle. [/QUOTE]
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