[quote=Alex]
Yikes. You don't even get the circle magic though! You lose a school of magic and gain a measly +1 vs spells of your specialization.. D:Be sure to slam on that LA 5 worth of templates, at least. I have a feeling that this campaign is going to be made to grind up even the best characters.
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I'm not choosing Red wizards for any meta game reasons. I want to play a red wizard because red wizards are badasses in the lore. Any advantage or disadvantage is just something that is interesting to work around during gameplay. I will never pick a character based off how good their numbers will be during combat. I pick characters because I see something I want to play and/or I think that character will be a total badass.