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<blockquote data-quote="Brazeku" data-source="post: 3945183" data-attributes="member: 48916">You can't just look at the number of abilities to determine the power of a class.&nbsp; A large variety of defensive features looks impressive on paper, but 2 things.1)in practice you wind up with a bandaid2)A lot of those defensive features are conditional.&nbsp; (evil spells, glyphs and wards, decipher script, bonuses to knowledge checks... who cares?&nbsp; saving throw bonuses are a reactive ability at best and while useful, seldom imbalance anything unless the character is also highly damage resistant)The biggest advantage this class has is the ability to remove status effects, boost, and heal at a distance while being protected.&nbsp; Honestly I think concentrating that ability in one class would probably be nice for the rest of the party.EDIT: my above point about losing a caster level and dropping skill points per level stands.&nbsp; Having a bandaid, and a skill monkey, and a full caster combined is probably going to step on someone else's toes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brazeku, post: 3945183, member: 48916"] You can't just look at the number of abilities to determine the power of a class. A large variety of defensive features looks impressive on paper, but 2 things. 1)in practice you wind up with a bandaid 2)A lot of those defensive features are conditional. (evil spells, glyphs and wards, decipher script, bonuses to knowledge checks... who cares? saving throw bonuses are a reactive ability at best and while useful, seldom imbalance anything unless the character is also highly damage resistant) The biggest advantage this class has is the ability to remove status effects, boost, and heal at a distance while being protected. Honestly I think concentrating that ability in one class would probably be nice for the rest of the party. EDIT: my above point about losing a caster level and dropping skill points per level stands. Having a bandaid, and a skill monkey, and a full caster combined is probably going to step on someone else's toes. [/QUOTE]

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