Quick fix for wizards.

[Jay R]

Let me elaborate why I think wizard is a badly designed class, ...

Your point is a good one, but there's one point I think needs to be slightly modified.

The original wizard class had fewer hit points in a game in which area effects could (and did) kill characters. They didn't get an army of followers like Fighting Men (yes, that was the class name) in a game that was intended to lead to large scale battles. And spells only went up to level 6. And against anything but spells, their saving throws were not as good.

Wizards had higher power (though not horribly), paid for by higher risk.

Over time, however, the power level kept trending up, and the risk level kept trending down.

Wizard was a moderately well designed class. It has been badly updated.