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<blockquote data-quote="MuhVerisimilitude" data-source="post: 9342005" data-attributes="member: 7042567">No. Magic in D&amp;D, at least the type of magic used by spellcasters, has the explicit advantage of being very very flexible. A wizard is essentially a generalist that can pick their daily specialisation per day.If we could measure a character delta, a measurement of how different two characters are, then the greatest possible difference can only be achieved by casters.Casters have both superior flexibility, superior reliability (they typically don't need to rely on luck when they solve problems outside of combat) and superior power. If there is an obstacle that blocks a martial, then that obstacle will not block the wizard unless the obstacle is some kind of anti-magic field.This is really only true in D&amp;D and derivatives. It isn't true in Mörk Borg. It isn't true in Dragonbane. In those systems the casters cannot learn absurd amounts of spells, the spells they cast are not 100% reliable.Magic does not need to be overpowered to be magical.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MuhVerisimilitude, post: 9342005, member: 7042567"] No. Magic in D&D, at least the type of magic used by spellcasters, has the explicit advantage of being very very flexible. A wizard is essentially a generalist that can pick their daily specialisation per day. If we could measure a character delta, a measurement of how different two characters are, then the greatest possible difference can only be achieved by casters. Casters have both superior flexibility, superior reliability (they typically don't need to rely on luck when they solve problems outside of combat) and superior power. If there is an obstacle that blocks a martial, then that obstacle will not block the wizard unless the obstacle is some kind of anti-magic field. This is really only true in D&D and derivatives. It isn't true in Mörk Borg. It isn't true in Dragonbane. In those systems the casters cannot learn absurd amounts of spells, the spells they cast are not 100% reliable. Magic does not need to be overpowered to be magical. [/QUOTE]

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