>magic user is decent in melee and can kill you>WTF THIS IS UNBALANCED!!!
>>98826662fuck balance
>>98826872WE NEED IT ITS LE TRADITIJON!!!!!!!
>>98826662gishes were a thing since at least when the elf was a class. There I bit your stupid bait.I really liked SotDL Battle tradition though, maybe it was tad inspired by the tome of battle but it absolutely allowed you to make a full on mage that fucks in melee,
>>98826662As long as classes have to be balanced and "no skills no magic fighter" is an acceptable archetype, gishes will never be any good.
>>98826662>watch xp to level 3's "zoomers play AD&D" video>the half-elf mage did 5 damage with magic missile, can't cast spells anymore until resting for the day>then did 6 damage with her quarterstaff>the paladin missed twicelol
>>98826883>traditionGandalf was wielding a sword a generation before D&D was invented.
>>98828334>hybrid caster performs worse than full casterChecks out
>magic user class needs 1000 gold and an unharmed sheep to get from level 0 to 1