Wizards are second to none when it comes to casting powerful offensive spells. Certainly, other magic users are proficient in their own areas, but the wizard is most effective in battle. That is, as long as they have someone very sturdy to protect them from melee attacks. What wizards gain in magical attack ability, they lose in defensive capability. Learning to harness the power of heat and cold and channel them against an opponent requires that they open themselves to the elements. They cannot clothe themselves in metal and still have all that magic at their disposal. The more intelligent races all have the ability to learn this craft: dark elves, Erudites, gnomes, high elves, and humans.
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