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<blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 5911643" data-attributes="member: 52734">Back in 1E, no one would play the wizard.&nbsp; I had to entice the only player who did play a wizard in that version by also allowing him to play a fighter companion.No problem with 2E either.&nbsp; A wizard who got cocky thinking they'd dominate an encounter by themselves usually ended up dead - if not in that encounter, then within about 2 encounters down the road.&nbsp; And I am not a killer DM, I just vary encounters a lot.No problems with 3E or Pathfinder, but I don't follow the wealth-by-level guidelines, tending to shoot low so wizards don't often have wands or scrolls to greatly augment their power.&nbsp; I also am very rigorous on the costs of scribing new spells into a spellbook.&nbsp; Also, having a wide variety of encounters I think has helped to keep wizards from spamming autowins.Overall, I haven't run a game higher than 12th level, and have no desire to do so.&nbsp; That may have had a huge factor in not seeing problems with spellcaster PC's.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormonu, post: 5911643, member: 52734"] Back in 1E, no one would play the wizard. I had to entice the only player who did play a wizard in that version by also allowing him to play a fighter companion. No problem with 2E either. A wizard who got cocky thinking they'd dominate an encounter by themselves usually ended up dead - if not in that encounter, then within about 2 encounters down the road. And I am not a killer DM, I just vary encounters a lot. No problems with 3E or Pathfinder, but I don't follow the wealth-by-level guidelines, tending to shoot low so wizards don't often have wands or scrolls to greatly augment their power. I also am very rigorous on the costs of scribing new spells into a spellbook. Also, having a wide variety of encounters I think has helped to keep wizards from spamming autowins. Overall, I haven't run a game higher than 12th level, and have no desire to do so. That may have had a huge factor in not seeing problems with spellcaster PC's. [/QUOTE]

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