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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 9013677" data-attributes="member: 6879661">I think there is a difference between a mandatory spell because it’s so very very good and a mandatory spell because it’s intrinsic to the class.To me, dispel magic is mandatory, because I don’t really feel like a proper wizard unless I have the ability to undo magic as well as make it. So for me that spell is mandatory, not because it’s amazing but because it’s archetypal. Detect magic falls into the same category.Fireball though. It’s good, but it’s not like there aren’t alternatives to the fireball spell. I’ve played lots of arcane casters that haven’t had it and I never felt like I was playing with one hand tied behind my back. A lot of it comes down to thematics and what character you’re trying to make. My last sorceress in Ghosts of Saltmarsh used lightning bolt instead because it was more thematic and fun to play that way. It’s not like there isn’t great competition for other 3rd level spell slots - haste, fly etc. give me a choice between fireball and haste and I pick haste every time.</blockquote>