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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 9486594" data-attributes="member: 87792">Again this depends on whether you are talking at character creation or at run time. Taking my current wizard's planned level 4 into account:They will have 7 prepared spells out of fourteen in their spell book (and their only combat cantrip is True Strike)<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Their seven non-prepared spells will all be rituals (which have already proven very useful); there's no juggling here, just remembering if they have a useful ritual.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Their first level prepared spells are going to be Mage Armour, Shield, Absorb Elements, Tasha's Hideous Laughter</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Their second level prepared spells are going to be Invisibility, Rime's Binding Ice, and Rope Trick</li>
</ul>At runtime that character is exceptionally easy to run - they only have one relevant tool for any given situation unless it's a ritual.Meanwhile at runtime the cleric will be harder; they have eleven rather than seven prepared spells and those spells are frequently chosen with less care. And at fifth level it gets even worse.But it takes system knowledge to make a simple wizard just as it does a simple warlock.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 9486594, member: 87792"] Again this depends on whether you are talking at character creation or at run time. Taking my current wizard's planned level 4 into account: They will have 7 prepared spells out of fourteen in their spell book (and their only combat cantrip is True Strike) [LIST] [*]Their seven non-prepared spells will all be rituals (which have already proven very useful); there's no juggling here, just remembering if they have a useful ritual. [*]Their first level prepared spells are going to be Mage Armour, Shield, Absorb Elements, Tasha's Hideous Laughter [*]Their second level prepared spells are going to be Invisibility, Rime's Binding Ice, and Rope Trick [/LIST] [I]At runtime[/I] that character is exceptionally easy to run - they only have one relevant tool for any given situation unless it's a ritual. Meanwhile at runtime the cleric will be harder; they have eleven rather than seven prepared spells and those spells are frequently chosen with less care. And at fifth level it gets even worse. But it takes system knowledge to make a simple wizard just as it does a simple warlock. [/QUOTE]

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