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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WalterKovacs" data-source="post: 5553122" data-attributes="member: 63763">Yeah, school isn't the way to go because, unlike the domains for the warpriest, a mage is able to dabble in a school. Regardless of school, your a controller primary. Just like regardless of domain, you are a leader primary as a warpriest, etc ... The blackguard/cavalier thing comes from being the same class but starting over from scratch class feature wise. Then you can just give them the hp/surges, baked in boosts to defense (you'd probably still want the wizard in cloth armor, so the unarmored agility + equivalent of swordmage's warding would be the way to go) and then it may be a bit more 'on-rails' than other wizards.  One idea: A - Have the concept of the 'Ward' be comparable to Divine Sanction. It is basically a keyword that gets invokved in powers. So, the 'source' of the defenderness is via 'Warding'. One of the wizard's cantrips would be a abjuration that allows you to create a small warded zone at-will. B - The defendery effects come from the powers + abjuration school. For example: the first level class feature could be that when you attack with an abjuration power you get thp. The powers that create the wards could give you bonuses to defenses until end of next turn/sustainable. C - Tie some of the more "you are a full blown defender" features to the level 10 class feature for the school [level 5 is basically just skill boosts really, although it does give access to the necro/nether summoning], so at least that way you are commiting fully to being an abjurer at that point, although it does mean you aren't really a defender until paragon tier.</blockquote>

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