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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mirrorrorrim" data-source="post: 9092027" data-attributes="member: 7040132">I don't get the Wizard hate. I am starting to believe it is a holdover grudge from back in the day because they used to be broken. They aren't today. Not compared to the other full caster classes like the Sorcerer who not only get full spellcasting, but relevant class abilities that are impactful in combat.The thing is that Wizards don't really get Class abilities. If they are boring it is because they really only get spells. Compared to a Sorcerer's Metamagic, what do they get? The Savant ability? There aren't enough spells in each school to matter, and some schools don't even exist at certain spell levels. Arcane Recovery? That compares to Font of Magic. Other than those, Wizard abilities are all delegated to the Subclass and so many of those Subclass abililites are little more than ribbons/flavor. The vast majority of level 2 Wizard subclass abilities are BORING. People choose Evocation and Divination because they actually have abilities that work decently in combat for levels 2 through 5. And the Sorcerer gets the Evocation school's primary ability as a metamagic option. Most other Wizard subclasses bring nothing to the table. Illusion, Transmutation, and Conjuration? Worthless in a fight. Abjuration, Enchantment, and Necromancy? Barely better. Compare any of those to the Sorcerer's Draconic Resilience? Not a contest.Wizards' power is about their broad customizability with arcane magic. They are the only ones that really care about Spell Schools, and they need diverse options in those spell schools. Because that is almost ALL they have.Wizards deserve to have the largest spell list because it is inherently necessary for their School focus to matter, and they get little else. They deserve to be the Arcane Toolbox class because they are the scientists and scholars of magic.</blockquote>

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