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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5783746" data-attributes="member: 19675">So?  "Other" doesn't mean "better", just different.  (And it's not like the wizard's combat prowess was exactly significant in 1Ed or 2Ed, despite having that fighters vs low HD rule.)I respectfully disagree.That's why we roll dice.In my first ever game of D&D, the human MU and my Human Fighter- the last survivors of the party- wound up facing a Purple worm near the exit of the dungeon.After he hit it with his last spell- Magic Missile- the MU proceeded to whale upon the big nasty with his stick.  I, OTOH, was a maelstrom of whiffing metal despite all my strength, attack bonuses, and a big ole 2 handed sword.It wasn't until the worm engulfed the MU- targeted because he was actually damaging the thing- that my fighter began to match the MU's melee damage output. I finally whittled it down to 4 HP, just as it had me a few rounds previous.  The DM and I rolled simultaneous initiative....I whiffed, it Nat20ed for its second meal of the day.No joke- were it not for the Mage's melee output, the encounter's finale would not have been the photo finish that it was.  But that kind of thing should be the über-rare exception.</blockquote>