Some clarifications on Mage Hand

[Kurald Galain]

"wizards can do everything with one feature/ability that other classes have to devote multiple features to".

Yes, I'd say that over the years the game has gained too many cantrips/rituals/utility powers that let you use Arcana instead of whatever other skill.

disallowing Religion or Stealth from being used on *every single skill challenge* just because you can come up with some tangential application for it.

And, of course, I know several DMs who would allow a player to use Arcana on every single SC just because "you are using magic" to solve it. In my view Arcana is a knowledge skill, it doesn't mean that you just happen to have a nondescript spell for every situation (this is similar to how religion is a knowledge skill, it doesn't mean that whoever your god is will now assist you on whatever situation you're in).