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<blockquote data-quote="Jack Simth" data-source="post: 3062779" data-attributes="member: 29252">1) With careful use, can be used to outshine the Sorcerer; the Wizard gets four arbitrary bonus feats over the course of his career; if he has an Int of 19 at 5th, 20 at 10th, 21 at 15th, and 28 at 20th (he picked up a +5 Tome of Clear Thought somewhere between 15th and 20th - probably pretty common for Wizards).So at 5th, he takes Spell Mastery, and gets four spells of 3rd level or lower (technically can get higher level spells - there's no level restriction on when a Wizard transcribes a spell into his book, just a Spellcraft roll; taking 10, this wizard-5 with an Int of 19 and max ranks in spellcraft can get 7th level spells scribed, if he finds them) - say, Fireball, Fly, Invisibility and See Invisible.&nbsp; At 10th, he gets 5 spells (5th level or lower, but he could have 9th level spells in his spellbook) and takes, say, Teleport, Cone of Cold, Shadow Conjouration, Greater Invisibility, and, oh, Polymorph.&nbsp; Okay, he can't spontaneously cast as many spells as the Sorcerer... but he can have the spells the Sorcerer uses several times a day spontaneously, and at the same time he can do his preperatory spells that he won't need all that often, needing only a copy or two.&nbsp; And if it turns out he doesn't need them, well, he can convert them, no sweat.&nbsp; Shifts the Sorcerer/Wizard balance point in the direction of the Wizard.2) Is just broken.&nbsp; I'm an evoker.&nbsp; At 5th, I take Spell Mastry(Fireball) and prepare Fireball every day in my specialist slot.&nbsp; I can cast Fireball four times at 5th level!&nbsp; Oh, and I'm only using up one slot for it, so I can use my other 3rd level slots on, say, Fly, and an Extended Rope Trick.&nbsp; &nbsp; When I hit 7th, I prepare the regular Fireball in my 3rd level specialist slot, and a Stilled Fireball in my 4th level specialist slot.&nbsp; At 9th, I prepare the regular Fireball in my 3rd level specialist slot, and an Empowered Fireball in my 5th level specialist slot... man, I can be quite the blaster while still being just as flexible as any Wizard.&nbsp; Can be done with non-evocations too, of course, but the Evoker is just for an illustration.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jack Simth, post: 3062779, member: 29252"] 1) With careful use, can be used to outshine the Sorcerer; the Wizard gets four arbitrary bonus feats over the course of his career; if he has an Int of 19 at 5th, 20 at 10th, 21 at 15th, and 28 at 20th (he picked up a +5 Tome of Clear Thought somewhere between 15th and 20th - probably pretty common for Wizards). So at 5th, he takes Spell Mastery, and gets four spells of 3rd level or lower (technically can get higher level spells - there's no level restriction on when a Wizard transcribes a spell into his book, just a Spellcraft roll; taking 10, this wizard-5 with an Int of 19 and max ranks in spellcraft can get 7th level spells scribed, if he finds them) - say, Fireball, Fly, Invisibility and See Invisible. At 10th, he gets 5 spells (5th level or lower, but he could have 9th level spells in his spellbook) and takes, say, Teleport, Cone of Cold, Shadow Conjouration, Greater Invisibility, and, oh, Polymorph. Okay, he can't spontaneously cast as many spells as the Sorcerer... but he can have the spells the Sorcerer uses several times a day spontaneously, and at the same time he can do his preperatory spells that he won't need all that often, needing only a copy or two. And if it turns out he doesn't need them, well, he can convert them, no sweat. Shifts the Sorcerer/Wizard balance point in the direction of the Wizard. 2) Is just broken. I'm an evoker. At 5th, I take Spell Mastry(Fireball) and prepare Fireball every day in my specialist slot. I can cast Fireball four times at 5th level! Oh, and I'm only using up one slot for it, so I can use my other 3rd level slots on, say, Fly, and an Extended Rope Trick. When I hit 7th, I prepare the regular Fireball in my 3rd level specialist slot, and a Stilled Fireball in my 4th level specialist slot. At 9th, I prepare the regular Fireball in my 3rd level specialist slot, and an Empowered Fireball in my 5th level specialist slot... man, I can be quite the blaster while still being just as flexible as any Wizard. Can be done with non-evocations too, of course, but the Evoker is just for an illustration. [/QUOTE]

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