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Message: <blockquote data-quote="trancejeremy" data-source="post: 2010445" data-attributes="member: 924">This is the seventh in a line of mini-books from Mongoose, "Power Classes", each of which introduce a new core class (that is regular class, like fighter or wizard or cleric, not a prestige class). By mini-book, I mean basically like the various mini-modules from AEG and FFG - an 8 page regular sized book folded in half so it's 16 small or half pages. It's priced at $2.95. Mongoose seems to be releasing these suckers in groups of 4. I had bought the first 4 power classes sight unseen, because my local game stores didn't carry them (and I really like core classes). However, they carried the second batch. At first I only bought the Explorer, but I eventually got the Hedge Wizard when I was there buying something else.The Hedge Wizard, at least archetype wise, is essentially something of a backwoods or lesser Wizard. The class, as presented here, does a pretty good job of fitting that archetype.Bascially, it's like a Wizard, only with a slightly better base attack bonus progression (like that of a Rogue or Cleric), 4 skill points per level, and a radically different spells per day list. Hedge Wizards can cast lots of lower level spells, especially cantrips, at the expense of higher level spells.At 20th level, they can cast an unlimited number of cantrips and 19 1st level spells per day. 19! Conversely, though, they can't cast any 9th level spells, just 1 8th.  The 20th level Hedge Wizard can in total, cast 61 spells per day (plus unlimited cantrips) compared to a 20th Level Wizards 36 (plus 4 cantrips). Though with Rary's Mnemonic Enhancer, the Wizard can cast more lower level spells at the expense at higher ones. I really really don't want to do the math on the latter. But the end result is that I don't think the Hedge Wizard is too much out of line. Even though the BAB is a lot better than a standard wizard, it's not much out of line of what a Fighter/Wizard would be that could still cast 1 8th level spellBesides the class itself there are also some new Hedge Wizard spells.All in all, a good product.</blockquote>

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