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<blockquote data-quote="Helldritch" data-source="post: 7887589" data-attributes="member: 6855114">Yes, but at the same time, the availability of magic was pretty much on the side of the 1st edition mage. Many mages were having not one or two wands but quite a few. No limitations on the amount of magic items you could be attuned to. Then they're was spell scaling (1st level magic missile, 1st level slot, 20th mage would do 10d4 +10 for one spell on its original slot. A fire ball would do 20d6, cast as a 3rd level spell.) the amount of damage a mage was able to do was astounding. As for the experience, remember that you had 1 exp per gold pieces found. Jewelry and gems included. And treasure wise, 1ed was much more generous than 5ed.Yep, it's good to be a low level wizard. High level is meh... You're no longer the terror you once were. But at the same time, you have a lot more chance to get to the high levels. Mortality rate among low level wizard was quite big. They were the embodiment of what we call a glass canon.Maybe... Maybe... Still, I feel that the wizard (along with the sorcerer) is a bit underwhelming. A bit more punch would be appreciated. But I have no solution (that would be balanced) to provide here. I know that now, the game goes toward a better balance of classes, especially toward the martial ones. But I still feel that wizards should be a we bit stronger. Not by much, but still a bit higher.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Helldritch, post: 7887589, member: 6855114"] Yes, but at the same time, the availability of magic was pretty much on the side of the 1st edition mage. Many mages were having not one or two wands but quite a few. No limitations on the amount of magic items you could be attuned to. Then they're was spell scaling (1st level magic missile, 1st level slot, 20th mage would do 10d4 +10 for one spell on its original slot. A fire ball would do 20d6, cast as a 3rd level spell.) the amount of damage a mage was able to do was astounding. As for the experience, remember that you had 1 exp per gold pieces found. Jewelry and gems included. And treasure wise, 1ed was much more generous than 5ed. Yep, it's good to be a[B] low [/B]level wizard. High level is meh... You're no longer the terror you once were. But at the same time, you have a lot more chance to get to the high levels. Mortality rate among low level wizard was quite big. They were the embodiment of what we call a glass canon. Maybe... Maybe... Still, I feel that the wizard (along with the sorcerer) is a bit underwhelming. A bit more punch would be appreciated. But I have no solution (that would be balanced) to provide here. I know that now, the game goes toward a better balance of classes, especially toward the martial ones. But I still feel that wizards should be a we bit stronger. Not by much, but still a bit higher. [/QUOTE]

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