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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Marcus Smythe" data-source="post: 3002670" data-attributes="member: 43198">-nods-  And if your used to playing in (what I would consider) highly GM focused/controlled games (also likely very heavily combat focused), then your perception of the Sorceror as approaching the Wizards power makes more sense, as compared to the more frequent perception of the Wizard as being clearly superior.Most of my play experience was classically in more 'sandbox' rather than 'railroad' games.. and in a Sandbox game, the Wizard rules supreme over other Arcane, or Psion style, casters.  My current game is alot more Railroad, and I probably do slightly out-perform the Wizard in the party (though its hard to measure.. hes a Wizard/Fighter/Arcane Knight hybrid, focused on dual wielding, dual wanding, negative levels/status effects/necromancy.  Ill say this.  I envy the HELL out of Innervate and Alter Self, not to mention the 'shuts down other team' casts like Evards and Color Spray.  He envies my raw 'point and click' ability to remove single foes from the battle map at will.  We completement each other WONDERFULLY... but hes the problem solver, I'm Railgun Gandalf)Hmm.. how do the War Mages and Shadow Blades stack up in your game?(And, personally, I belive that the Psion IS strictly better than the Sorceror.. though the Sorceror can come close, and I think the PHB2 variant that trades its familiar for metamagic without full round casting times is a heckva treat.  Combine with Practical Metamagic and stand way back..)</blockquote>

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