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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 4788263" data-attributes="member: 957">The hit point discussion has been had.I don't see the other two as being real power changers.The every other level ability is just a trade off for the specialization bonus spells.  It isn't a power up at all.  The first level power gets X/day uses, so that is a small power up, but even that is trivial.  At low level it isn't a power up and at high level it comes with the implied cost of a higher level wizard spending one of his actions on a first level effect.  The nearly constant supply of some low level ability does more to reinforce the image of a specialist wizard than anything else.  I think it is a really good improvement in the feel of the class, with negligible power impact.The first level extra ability falls under the same area.  They become trivial pretty quickly.  But add flavor.  And at low level, I thought it was pretty universally agreed that wizards could use a little boost anyway.  A common 3E cliche was the first level wizard conserving his spells and plinking away with a light crossbow or performing some other utility service.  Firing off an at will 30 foot range 1d6 attack, or using one of the other powers, is no more potent than a crossbow at 1st level, but it is much more thematic.</blockquote>