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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 4402058" data-attributes="member: 2011">Don't listen to them. I've played a Wizard for about 30 encounters now and he does rock.I was in a situation just Saturday. In a room with a bunch of tiny tunnels out of it. Mage Hand a torch down one tunnel and the critters all start screeching. I see them moving around, so I Scorching Blast them down a tunnel (hit some minions and kill them), and retreat behind the rest of the team down a corridor.Somehow, some of the non-minions figure out where I went, so they tunnel through the wall and I am suddenly partially surrounded by 4 of them with no place to slide. My fellow party members seriously damage one, but they are all still there ready to eat my PC. I Thunderwave, roll terrible and miss all 3 (one was at the wrong angle and not part of the attack). So, I use an Action point, Thunderwave again, kill the wounded one, wound/push one away, miss the third (who was a little to far to OA the Wizard) and get hit by the fourth with an OA as I head to the other side of the party.6 points of damage instead of getting wasted, even when I rolled terrible (and I could have avoided that damage with Shield, I just thought it wouldn't work on the roll, but it would have).A 3E 4th level Wizard in that situation where he would have had a hard time casting let alone ruling the situation and would have been crying in his pants. Instead, one dead, one damaged, and the Wizard safely behind the Paladin.I think that many character concepts rock in 4E, but the Wizard does his fair share (or more) of shining.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 4402058, member: 2011"] Don't listen to them. I've played a Wizard for about 30 encounters now and he does rock. I was in a situation just Saturday. In a room with a bunch of tiny tunnels out of it. Mage Hand a torch down one tunnel and the critters all start screeching. I see them moving around, so I Scorching Blast them down a tunnel (hit some minions and kill them), and retreat behind the rest of the team down a corridor. Somehow, some of the non-minions figure out where I went, so they tunnel through the wall and I am suddenly partially surrounded by 4 of them with no place to slide. My fellow party members seriously damage one, but they are all still there ready to eat my PC. I Thunderwave, roll terrible and miss all 3 (one was at the wrong angle and not part of the attack). So, I use an Action point, Thunderwave again, kill the wounded one, wound/push one away, miss the third (who was a little to far to OA the Wizard) and get hit by the fourth with an OA as I head to the other side of the party. 6 points of damage instead of getting wasted, even when I rolled terrible (and I could have avoided that damage with Shield, I just thought it wouldn't work on the roll, but it would have). A 3E 4th level Wizard in that situation where he would have had a hard time casting let alone ruling the situation and would have been crying in his pants. Instead, one dead, one damaged, and the Wizard safely behind the Paladin. I think that many character concepts rock in 4E, but the Wizard does his fair share (or more) of shining. [/QUOTE]

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