The Man Keeping the Martial Down

[Quertus]

What sort of thematic caster has literally only one trick though? Every school of magic should have dozens of ways to contribute in a fight even if youre enemy is immune to your go to best offense.

Most of them, in most of the systems I hate.

I don't want to see D&D go that route. Classes like the Beguiler & War Mage already go too far, IMO.

Most of all, I want the archetype I fell in love with back - the scholar whose sole* source of power is scraps of code ("arcane lore", whatever) gleaned from the remains previous civilizations.

* Barring spell research, of course.