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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cap'n Kobold" data-source="post: 8002528" data-attributes="member: 6802951">OK. This comment appears to indicate a fundamental disconnect in the conversation that I'm going to have to address in order for it to be at all productive.There is no single feature of either class that determines the overall level of power compared to the other."Detect Magic for free" does not "make a sorceror weak in comparison" to a wizard. You need to look at the overall class, and how the features operate.For example, the wizard's combination of more spells known plus rituals, plus arcane recovery all synergise together to make them probably the best casters in the game due to being able to cast more spells than any other class, with the greatest variety available over the adventuring day. Those three features work with each other very effectively.In comparison, the sorceror's main features: Font of Magic and Metamagic are competing against each other for the same resource. Combat is not the only drain on a caster's spells. While not every utility spell is a ritual, the wizard's ability to cast some for free where the sorceror would have to spend a spell slot still gives them an advantage. The Ritual Caster feat is nowhere near as powerful as the wizard's class features that enable ritual casting. Mostly due to the wizard being able to add new rituals to it as they level.</blockquote>