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<blockquote data-quote="Cap'n Kobold" data-source="post: 8854213" data-attributes="member: 6802951">In overall class design, the wizard is not problematic: it is a fairly well-designed class. The issue that I have found is that spells are very versatile and powerful, and Wizards are Best at Spells.Wizards get brought up as the main example in martial vs caster discussions because they are the best and most archetypal casters. They exemplify &quot;a caster&quot; in the same way that Fighters exemplify &quot;a martial&quot;.With spellbook-based Ritual casting, and Arcane Recovery on top of standard known spell and slot progression, Wizards generally have the most spells available to solve a situation and get to cast more spells than other classes. In most of the games that I play in, where mysteries and problem-solving are more prevalent than combat, the Wizard is the most capable of solving those problems.A player can deliberately downplay their class abilities to not shine more than the rest of the party in a lot of situations, but this is the player compensating for the class, and not a feature of the class design itself.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cap'n Kobold, post: 8854213, member: 6802951"] In overall class design, the wizard is not problematic: it is a fairly well-designed class. The issue that I have found is that spells are very versatile and powerful, and Wizards are Best at Spells. Wizards get brought up as the main example in martial vs caster discussions because they are the best and most archetypal casters. They exemplify "a caster" in the same way that Fighters exemplify "a martial". With spellbook-based Ritual casting, and Arcane Recovery on top of standard known spell and slot progression, Wizards generally have the most spells available to solve a situation and get to cast more spells than other classes. In most of the games that I play in, where mysteries and problem-solving are more prevalent than combat, the Wizard is the most capable of solving those problems. A player can deliberately downplay their class abilities to not shine more than the rest of the party in a lot of situations, but this is the player compensating for the class, and not a feature of the class design itself. [/QUOTE]

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