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Message: <blockquote data-quote="triqui" data-source="post: 3931802" data-attributes="member: 57948">All those examples you mentioned are unbalanced toward the wizard becouse of *level*, not becouse of the magic itself. Merlin was powerful centuries before Arthur was born. Gandalf could defeat Aragorn using a sword. Elminster has like 20 levels more than Drizzt!.An equal level fighter should be as much as a challenge as a magic user. Feanor, who fought groups of Balrogs, or Fingorfin, who died in a even fight versus a GOD, will threat Gandalf's life. Cuchulain would be a problem for Merlin. Elminster has no rival in FR that i know, but that is just becouse there aren't lvl 36 fighters in the Realms. But if you *double* current Drizzt level... i think he might be very well a tie for Elminster himself.In short, i agree with you in the idea that high lvl fighters should be equal to spellcasters. However, i think they already *are* in fantasy books. Just that the "old wizard with very high level that mentor low level fighters" are staple since Tolkien. They allways outlevel their martial partners. When faced in equal level (Such as Ullyses vs Circe), there is not a clear adventage of one over the other in the fantasy.</blockquote>