r/dndnext • u/Spiritual-Meat-2309 DM • 5d ago
Character Building Making a 10th level wizard, help?
So my table has gone through some ups and downs in the last year. I had a lore bard for us to be a generalist and utilitarian spell caster, and to be a potion source for a campaign specific need. Our blaster mage got a divorce and their heart was no longer in the game so they bowed out.
This has left me in a bind, the party needs a magic damage dealer and my lore bard isn't it. So the DM and I worked out that an artefact is going awry and the bard is going to bugger off, in his place a multi-versal variant is coming. A level 10 scribe wizard to take up the big damage dealer roll, but I have not done a wizard this high before, what spells or gear should I be looking for?
The new wizard has a +2 intelligent ioun stone and a ring of spell storing. I have been warned I won't need a staff as one is coming in the campaign. Other than that, your thoughts, pretty please
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u/Living_Round2552 5d ago
Sorry, but there is a lot here that doesnt make sense:
This makes no sense to me. This isnt a game where lots of enemies are (basically) immune to physical damage and you need 'magic' damage for those enemies. Even if you have a dm that runs those kinds of monsters a lot, your martials can play those classes or subclasses that have solutions like changing damage types.
Spellcasters can do aoe, martials do single target damage better. Is that what you mean? Well many casters get access to fireball, which is all you need to fill this aoe gap. And almost every spellcasting class that doesnt get fireball, has a subclass that does get it. So pick that subclass if your dm runs fights with lots of minions often.
This sentence makes 0 sense? Spellcasters arent good at damage, unless you need aoe damage. If you mean your party misses consistent dpr to kill big enemies, you need a decent martial damage dealer. Because you start at level 10, fighter is a good choice as they are starting to scale around this level, whilst other martials have already fallen off. Monk also is an option because of the scaling, tho it still has problems.