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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 584015" data-attributes="member: 158">As someone earlier said, Clerics look good on paper, but they lack in the categories of area damaging spells (Please don't point out the domain spells, or Fire storm or flame strike, as those are a very limited range compared to the wizard) and in offensive spell capability. In fact, someone mentioned that they thought the Wizard was substandard to to the cleric in divinations; they forgot about identify, analyze dweomer, and contact other plane, all spells that do not have fully accessible clerical equivalents.However, a cleric EXCELS in one-on-one combat, in healing, in defensive magics, and in special, non-spell slotted abilities. Whereas a wizard's power is more up front, a cleric's strenght falls in preparation. A cleric with no buffing spells prepared is quite weak in combat , because their main focus is dealing with singular enemies, and in defense. A wizard can immediately cure up anything from fireballs, to cone of cold and chain lightnings, to death spells, power words affecting one or dozens of creatures, and ultimately meteor swarms and shapechangings. Any spellcaster can be weaker when caught unprepared, but the cleric has a little more of a glass jaw in that area (Protection from elements, ability buffing spells, holy auras, divine power, etc. etc.)</blockquote>