Why is wizard so fun to play in any tabletop setting?
Because magic doesn't need any logical explanation. It works or it doesn't.And on top of that magic is just a nice way to wave off unrealistic inconsistencies in general.
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>>97139519>why is snorting cocaine so addicting?idk, you tell me
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>>97139519Depends on the game you are talking about.
>>97139519>Weird cosmic powers that might give you an advantage in all sorts of edge cases>Typically big-brained, so can abuse knowledge/lore skills to figure shit out and make plans>The eccentricity associated with wizards can provide an in-character excuse for whatever flight of whimsy you might be feeling (out-of-character excuse not included)>Eccentricity + big brain means you can take the lead in a lot of situations if you spin up a big enough yarn about 'the alignment of the celestial bodies' or whatever mystic nonsense needs happening>At the same time, various magical abilities allow you to play kingmaker and give someone else the limelight, giving you time to plan your next move
>>97139519Because magic lets the wizard do everything every other specialised character can do, often more. Fighting, opening locks, climbing walls, hiding, bending others to your whim, feats of strength, etc.It also often lets you bypass boring problems and obstacles the DM night put in your way. desintigrating doors, animating or creating monsters to throw at the next monster, AoE spells to deal with trash mobs, charming chief NPCs, buffing the party members so that the next 'balanced' encounter is a walkover, etc. Great fun.
>>97139519It's the ultimate fantasy, that being a giant fucking nerd gives you ultimate cosmic power.
>>97139606Magic is logical in the deep lore of dnd 3.5
>>97139519because developers aren't constrained by "muh realism!" when creating their mechanics
I played a Sorcerer during a Conan 2d20 campaign, and it was great fun. However, about halfway through, the campaign shifted from classic sword-and-sorcery to full-blown cosmic horror after the DM decided that my meddling with dark sciences had drawn the attention of the Outer Dark. My character eventually met his end on a bad roll, which caused a shadowy creature or tentacle to drag him into the darkness, leaving no trace behind.The DM ruled that our group (including my new PC) had been tainted by their continued association with the Sorcerer, so Outer Dark/Lovecraftian themes became a major focus for the rest of the campaign.
>>97139519Because you're the one using actual tactics and not just running up to enemies and autoattacking every round.
>>97139519Because they come with a variety of spells, which can all be considered separate "class features" or solutions to any given problem.In contrast, the Warrior/Fighter/Whatever comes with 1-2 tricks at best and all authors on the matter are too afraid of handing out more liberally.So a couple of levels down the line, the Wizard has ~20 different spells, while the Fighter has Power Attack and its million of upgrades and variations, which are fundamentally still Power Attack.
>>97146923>bumping this shitty low effort slop threadKill yourself
>>97141624Why are you in the game if you find everything in the game boring?
>>97146983As opposed to which quality, high-effort thread in the catalog? Can you point to a single one?
>>97148508Most games arn't boring, but occasionally they can be, depending on the DM's and player's expectations and experiences. All players sometimes find what the DM presents in the adventure as boring at times. Long boring fights standing toe to toe and chipping away at each other, convulated quizes based on cultural references only the DM knows, the same plot points repeated over and over, long strings of encounters with no way to influence what the DM has preplanned for that evening, etc The game involves everyone and sometimes players want to influence the direction of the game through what their characters can do. If players have no input, you might as well bin the gaming part and have the DM read a novel to the group.
>>97148515Puckee threads
>>97139519Plurality of choice. Classes with less choices per turn feel like candyland.
>>97141624Why would you play something that ruins class flavor on purpose? Any reasonable setting won't let mages wear armor, make themselves stronger or pick locks with magic.
>>97149171No, you find everything in the game boring. Don't lie to me again.
>>97151821Hardly.
>>97139519Mix of creativity and pic related.
>>97139519game developers still haven't realized you need to associate a *cost* to infinite cosmic powers
>>97141624You're gonna have a lot of fun when you realize they can do all those things, too. Diplomacy and Bluff, in particular.
>>97141639Wrong. Wrong in the way that being precisely contrary to the truth is.
>>97154168Some game developers, anyway.Systems like GURPS already do it in lots of ways. In the most foundational sense, GURPS applies a character point cost to those powers. You don't get anything for free. You want those powers, you have to afford them somehow. Whatever else there is about your character, you paid for those powers. You're not as beautiful or rich, you're not healthy, you're profoundly disabled, or *something*.The problem with Free Powers™ being free is a D&Dism. The sooner you learn to stop tolerating all the problems of D&D, the happier you'll be.
>>97139519I'd say it's more dependent on the system, and I defenitely have seen terrible rules for playing a wizard.
>>97154168you don't, actually. you can just stop dividing character concepts arbitrarily into "can do cool stuff" and "can't do cool stuff" for no reason.
>>97154810Do tell.
>>97154810Don't tell.
>>97154810Maybe tell. Sorta.
>>97139519Idk, it's not
>>97153648Out of 3 jocks I ever played with, 2 played wizards. Their reasoning was the same, "why would I choose to NOT be able to use magic?"
>>97139519Any character that has strong social or magical abilities is fun because solve problems very easily and perhaps creatively. I don't really play characters that aren't good in at least one of those two things.
