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> magic lets them do everything better than everyone else, including defending themselves.
GM RANT MODE ENGAGED
OK listen. Just because D&D 3.5 was made by a wizard-loving fanboy doesn't mean magic has to fucking function this way. It DOES in certain games (IE: D&D 3.5, Mage: The Awakening/Ascension, Ars Magica) but here's the thing you always need to remember about Magic: IT'S FUCKING MAGIC.
It can be as powerful as you want. But it can also be as SHITTY as you want. Hell there are systems out there where magic just plain IS shit and not worth taking at all! Not very GOOD systems mind you, but still. You can say that magic takes you 3 weeks to create like, a small orb of fire. Or it takes you a million years just to lift a small vase off the ground. All of those can potentially be how your magic systems operate because magic doesn't have any set or defined rules! Yes this means magic is prime for abuse by people who just don't know better, but here's the thing. When you're a GAME DESIGNER?
We trust you to make things as fair and as balanced as possible. Yes we understand rule 0 is essential. Yes we understand that there's always going to be elements or rules that might not have been play-tested as hard-set as others, and will need errata or to be outright ignored in some instances. But YOUR JOB should be to make large, sweeping archetypes fair and balanced or at least as close to fair and balanced as possible. Just because "magic" is more of a blank-check than "fighting ability" doesn't mean you have to make it the superior option. If that was the case then you'd have no reason to make ANY OTHER CLASS OR ARCHETYPE! (oh also: fuck anyone who says 'Fighters are suppose to be a beginner class' in D&D. Just fuck you)
Magic is only as balanced or imbalanced as you tool it to be. The fact that it IS magic is no excuse to its pretense of powers or abilities, and how you implement magic and those who use it is FAR MORE important than just saying "it's magic" and then giving the wizard every goddamn ability and power under the sun just because you can justify it better than you can with a fighter.
(this has been your tabletop rpg rant for the day, thank you and goodnight)
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