A spellcaster's world.

[Gwain]

I'm in full agreement with the above. It is a long and tiring process to achieve the skills necessary to survive and thrive as a spellcaster.

[Bregga]

All i can say is its taken me alot longer to be able to servive with my cleric then it ever did with my fighter lol.

[Leveran]

I just want to point out something here I'm surprised no one has mentioned.

In order to be a functional caster (Be it wizard or cleric) you must seek and train a good handful of spells. No wizard can walk into a battle without buffs.

To gain these spells, you must first a: Spend hours gaining exp. then b: spend hours gaining COIN. then c: spend hours finding spells. then d: spend hours earning coin for the components of the spells and last e: spend months using the spells to even get the minimal skill up, costing you components, bringing you back to d.

If a fighter wants to gm second attack, the spend hours sitting in a room of dummies typing k d. If a spell caster wants to gm a spell they go through a long process of coins and components.

Futher, an average spell caster has over one hundred spells. To learn at minimal half of those spells is EASILY a sum of over 200-300 platinum.

Bottom line : Spell casters work their asses off to be able to at least survive gaining exp. Only when they have done all of this work, and finished their leveling are they even a mild threat to anything. Only after hours upon hours of training can a wizard attain even a respectable amass of spells and survivability. There is no person that wakes up one day, makes a wizard and has it at an impressively powerful level of ability within a month. These people work hard and long. Longer than any fighter ever needs to kill dummies for certain.

My favorite thing in the world to say: Stop worrying about others and what they're doing and what they have. Worry about what you've got and you'll do great with it.

Great example of this: Leveran took 2.5 RL days of attacking dummies to reach level 5. No joke. Granted, he was my first major char on FK and I didn't know where to go get magic missile, or that the sewers might have garnered better xp, etc etc, but the point is, without batting an eyelash, my warrior made level 5 in about 10 minutes, and level 10 in another 20-30 in the sewers... There has ALWAYS been an inverse curve for fighter vs wiz, from the beginning of DnD, as it well should be... wizards are slow starters.. that's why all the powerful wizards you hear about have giant grey beards. They spend all their coins on spells and not hair cuts and it takes em 80 years to get to being any good at what they do <.<

[Elke]

that's why all the powerful wizards you hear about have giant grey beards.

Well, I hope Elke doesn't!

But seriously, I completely agree with what you're saying..

[Leveran]

that's why all the powerful wizards you hear about have giant grey beards.

Well, I hope Elke doesn't!

But seriously, I completely agree with what you're saying..

Hehe, was more talking about the Gandalfs, Elminsters, Fizban/Zifnabs etc.

You know. EPIC level wizards. N' stuff.

[Elke]

*sulks*

There can be girlie epic wizards too y'know!

[Yevel]

Might I point to the east, The Simbul for one.