Hong,
You have kind of used what I said out of context, now haven't you.
I stated that arcane casters should be the most powerful of all the classes, just as I believe casters period should be more powerful than non-casters.
My problem is not with the casters themselves, but with a little thing called the Madness domain. This domain gives cleric casters spells insanely high spell DC's. The Spell DC's are so high that even those with favorable saves of the type needed to defend against the spell would have trouble saving.
I do not see much of a downside to the Madness domain for what it gives. Most powerful clerics will have a sufficiently high wisdom bolstered by magic items coupled with a favorable Will save to make the negative effects of the Madness domain a non-factor.
This is why I am unhappy, not the fact that we are facing a powerful caster. I just don't care for the way the Madness domain was handled.
And guess what Hong, my sorcerer laid the smack down on the First and the Third. Just goes to show how powerful the Arcane Casters are, though he was almost killed by a powerful blade barrier with an insanely high DC that a rogue would have had trouble making. (DC 25 Reflex save blade barrier, that friggin hurt.)
The Paladin, the cleric, and other fighter/cleric all died including the Paladins half-dragon Dire lion mount. The only folks standing at the end of the battle were the drow arcane archer (Archers are probably the most powerful non-caster fighter type out there. Archery is insane.), the dwarven Bard/Virtuoso, the Paladin's Cohort cleric, and yours truly, Mr. Sorcerer.
The rogue didn't make it to the final encounter because he picked the void card. Poor rogue.
Oh well. I lived, but those Madness domain DC's are horrible.
