Recover low-level spell slots will remain a perpetual source of crucialĭefensive and utility spells like Shield and Darkvision.Īrcane Tradition: Wizard subclasses are briefly summarized Importance at high levels, it’s still a crucial resource, allowing you to Recovery can’t restore slots above 6th level and therefore diminishes in Least through the first short rest of each day without issue. You the ability to recover a bunch of spell slots, allowing you to continue at Useless unless the party immediately took a long rest. Were the biggest cause of the “five minute day”, in which the Wizard wouldīurn their biggest spells in the first encounter, then would be essentially Sustainability to the Wizard which was missing in previous editions. If you can imagine doing it with magic,Ī Wizard can do it. They can do everything kill stuff, charm stuff, solve problems, Will expect you to cover as many knowledge skills as possible, leaving many Get the standard two skills, which is difficult considering that your party Wizards also get no armor, so it’sĮither Mage Armor or nothing for the vast majority of wizards. Proficiencies: Wizard’s weapons are pitiful,īut can be easily replaced by cantrips. Need, so you can afford a decent Constitution score.Īnd proficiency in Wisdom saves won’t help much if your Wisdom is terrible. Fortunately Intelligence is the only ability which Wizards strictly Hit Points: d6 hit points is the lowest in Optional Class Features are detailed below under Optional Class Features. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. RPGBOT is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Keep in mind that the state of the meta periodically changes as new source materials are released and this article will be updating accordingly as time allows. The advice offered below is based on the current State of the Character Optimization Meta as of when the article was last updated. We also won’t cover Unearthed Arcana content because it’s not finalized, and we can’t guarantee that it will be available to you in your games. We will not include 3rd-party content, including content from DMs Guild, in handbooks for official content because we can’t assume that your game will allow 3rd-party content or homebrew.
Rule (bladesingers can achieve some of the highest AC in the game without theĪid of magic items), but they are few in number. Sturdy allies willing to protect you from harm. StayingĪlive as a wizard can be very difficult, and in most cases requires a part of Proficiencies, poor saving throws, and the lowest hit dice available. Wizards are among the least-durable characters in the game, having no armor
If you are prone to analysis paralysis, the wizard is So learning new spells may be a gamble, costing precious gold for a spell Newly-learned spells to expand your capabilities, sometimes at great expense, Select from a vast spell list after every long rest, you need to hoard Managing a spellbook is a complex, and unlike clerics and druids who can Get very few actual class/subclass features, but spellcasting fills in the Most of this complexity is buried in the Wizard’s spellcasting. However, with that incredible breadth of capability comes both complexity and On your spells and potentially your skills, you can also serve as a Defender,įace, Healer (though it’s difficult), and Scout. However, in a typical party the Wizard’s primary functions are as a Blaster,Ĭontroller, Librarian, Support caster, Striker, and Utility Caster. A clever Wizard could even find a way to heal their allies andīecause Wizards can do so much so well, their roles are numerous and varied. A Wizard with a summoned pet can replace a fighter (at least A Wizard with Invisibility is as stealthy as a
A Wizard with a comprehensive spellbook can do essentiallyĪnything in the game, often as well as or better than a non-magical character The Wizard is the iconic arcane spellcaster, capable of doing all manner ofįantastic tricks, and generally limited only by their spellbook and their
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