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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NotAYakk" data-source="post: 8534755" data-attributes="member: 72555">I mean, maybe I went too far.But the Wizard has 0 combat, 0 defence, lowest HP, next to no baseline class features, the worst primary attribute... and full spellcasting.And it is a good class.If good combat gets you full AC and 1 attack/tier (or rough equivalent, like improved smite), a fighting style, d10 HD, plate-level AC or dex-attacks, and a fighting style equivalent ... that isn't as good as full spellcasting.I'm also leery of your table of modifiers.  A hice thing about proficiency is that it is one modifier, not a lookup table.  Scaling is better done with features not "you get +1 to a d20"; the +1 to a d20 doesn't feel nearly as strong as it is.  So you end up with lackluster feeling (not enough +1s) or mechanically dominant (too many +1s) power scaling.I mean, look at BM superiority dice.  4d8.  In a 20 round fight day, that is under 1 damage/round; but a +1 bonus to damage (flat) doesn't feel like it has the same impact.  And a +1 to hit, despite being stronger than +1 to damage, feels even less impactful.I'd suggest making good/medijm/poor be less about slightly different bonuses and more about discrete features.  Like extra attack or the like.</blockquote>