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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wyvernhand" data-source="post: 5364823" data-attributes="member: 97681">Conjourers (the most common flavor of specialist wizard due to the broad versatility of the school) have Immediate Magic (Abrupt Jaunt) which fixes the snatch problem very nicely.  Assuming that is too specific, CMage has the spell Heart of Water, which lasts HOURS per level and can be discharged to produce a Freedom of Movement effect for 1 minute as an immediate action.  In core only, Dimension Door is a 4th level spell that ONLY has a V component, which means you can cast it in a grapple with a relatively simple Concentration check.  Dim Door out of range (what, 800ish feet), note that Spot checks impose a -1 penalty per 10 feet, and run like a SoB under the cover of your -80 cover. I swear I'm not just a mindless wizard apologist, but there is a reason wizards are ranked as Tier 1.  Versatility.  Sure, you can build a fighter that can kill a dragon, but I can build 10 different wizards that can kill the same dragon with 10 different methods.  3 times per day.  When you are reaching into a bag full of awesome, nearly everything you pull out of that bag is awesome. Fighters have their uses.  A well built fighter should have reasonable defenses (and I'm not talking about AC) and be able to deal a decent amount of damage in a short period of time.  At high levels, his primary role is to provide a durable barrier between bad things and the controllers (read: casters or pseudocaster like Dragonfire Adepts) and kill the things the controllers control.  When your wizard tells you to Power Attack, you ask "HOW MUCH?"  If a summoned monster is serving the role better than you, you should really sit down and consider your effectiveness.</blockquote>

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