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<blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 8854768" data-attributes="member: 7035894">I think wizards are pretty balanced - their niche is situational flexibility and they are rewarding to play. I don't see everyone flocking to play wizard, partly because they do take a lot of thought and pre-planning to use effectively, so if you just wanna blow stuff up there are better options - a sorcerer with empowered spells can use fireball more effectively, etc. All of which means that they are seen as valuable but not a &quot;must-have&quot; class like, say, a cleric.The one thing that troubles me a bit is that getting two spells per level can become OP if in a campaign where the DM provides lots of other opportunities for them to get their hands on spells. On the other hand, if you reduce that to one spell/level and the DM is really stingy or just doesn't think about the issue, the class would be kind of crippled. So their relative strength is DM dependent more than most other classes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clint_L, post: 8854768, member: 7035894"] I think wizards are pretty balanced - their niche is situational flexibility and they are rewarding to play. I don't see everyone flocking to play wizard, partly because they do take a lot of thought and pre-planning to use effectively, so if you just wanna blow stuff up there are better options - a sorcerer with empowered spells can use fireball more effectively, etc. All of which means that they are seen as valuable but not a "must-have" class like, say, a cleric. The one thing that troubles me a bit is that getting two spells per level can become OP [I]if[/I] in a campaign where the DM provides lots of other opportunities for them to get their hands on spells. On the other hand, if you reduce that to one spell/level and the DM is really stingy or just doesn't think about the issue, the class would be kind of crippled. So their relative strength is DM dependent more than most other classes. [/QUOTE]

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