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How are Fighters Linear but Wizards Quadratic?
The phrase "Linear Fighters, Quadratic Wizards" gets bandied about a lot, but I've found I don't have a good way to explain it to newer players.
The tier system post has some examples of how wizards ...
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Is it reasonable for multiple party wizards to share their spellbooks with each other?
It occurred to me that since wizards in 5e are allowed, upon encountering another wizard's spellbook, to copy spells of a level that they can cast into their own spellbook (at the cost of only time ...
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What is the purpose of the wizard's spellbook, from a mechanical standpoint?
I'm still fairly new to DMing, and the wizard's spellbook is constantly breaking my mind. While I think I finally understand how it is working, I wonder why it is in the game to begin with. And I don'...
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Does replacing Metamagic with a delayed Arcane Tradition have glaring balance issues?
In an answer to a related question, linksassin suggests an untested variant rule to apply some wizard flavor to the sorcerer class. I've attempted to formalize this approach and want to verify that I ...
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Is my adaptation of the Battle Master as a Wizard subclass balanced relative to other Wizard subclasses and to the original Battle Master?
Background Motivation
I wanted to create a subclass for Wizard that uses an expendable die resource to augment its magic and benefit its allies, similar to how the Battle Master Fighter expends ...
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Does the number of spells at a Wizard's disposal affect game balance?
A Wizard learns two spells for free whenever they level up, and may learn additional spells by copying from spellbooks or scrolls.
For example, if there were two Wizards in the party, I assume they ...
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Is this homebrew Weaver Wizard subclass balanced?
I've made a subclass for Wizard, hoping to make a sort of spellmancer (manipulating and changing spells). I wanted to capture some of the feelings of Sorcerer and their Metamagic, but repurposed for ...
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How is repeated use of Illusory Reality limited?
I'm planning on creating an advanced Illusionist for a high level campaign. When reading through the rules for said school of wizardry, I came across this:
When you cast an illusion spell of 1st ...
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Would the Life Transference spell be unbalanced if it ignored resistance and immunity?
I want to create a Abjuration wizard (PHB, p. 115-116) that uses the Life Transference spell (XGtE, p. 160) and the Arcane Ward feature to heal people, but I've heard people saying Life Transference ...
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Is this Cloud of Mage Hands spell balanced as a 3rd-level wizard spell?
I am creating a new arcane tradition for the wizard in dnd 5e. This arcane tradition is focused on spells that summon Hands, like Mage Hand and Bigby's Hand.
Since there are not many "hand" ...
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Need help balancing an homebrew 9th level wizard spell
I am creating a new school for the wizard in dnd 5e.
The school is focused on spells that summons Hands, like Mage Hand and Bigby's Hand.
I have trouble balancing a new spell for the 9th level.
My ...
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Is this homebrew Arcane School of Phantasm (Variant School of Illusion) balanced?
Context: I have a player who is attracted to the "flavor" of being an illusionist, but finds the School of Illusion in the PHB to be rather lackluster, especially before 14th level.
Here is ...
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How would it imbalance gameplay to allow a multiclassed wizard/sorcerer to copy wizard spells in a spellbook for which one has spell slots?
Background
I'm playing an eladrin wizard in a homebrew game of a friend. After hitting level 6 I'm thinking of multiclassing into sorcerer, because it fits thematically. I'm an accidental traveler ...
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Is this proposed change to the Transmutation Wizard's Master Transmuter class feature balanced for a setting without resurrection? [Version 2]
In my previous iteration of this question, I proposed a replacement for the Master Transmuter option Restore Life. the feedback I received identified that it was too powerful, so I have a new, much ...
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What happens if I let my conjuration wizard be able to target unwilling creatures with Benign Transposition?
The 6th level conjuration wizard feature Benign Transportation says:
Starting at 6th level, you can use your action to teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space that you can see. Alternatively, ...
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