Just wandering which pc everyone thinks is better, a fighter or a wizard. And Why do you think this.

Fighters definitely.

Have you tried taking out a party of goblins with a bunch of 1st level Wizards? It doesn't work very well.

Seriously, though, IWD is so hack-n-slash oriented, I prefer a fighter over a wizard. Having great armor is a must. THACO is essential. It takes a long time for a Wizard to reach a high enough level to be effective in battle.

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Both.

Fighters are great, they can hack non-stop and typically have the ac and hp to duke it out. But the wizard, once he has a few levels under his belt, excels at frying a large amount of enemies at once or dealing with the big baddy, combined with some nice defensive spells.

a wizard can be quite powerful; but they need things like morror immage, stone skin, spirit armor, and tenser's transformation to compare to a fighter's hack'n slash skill. Fighters up front, mages in the rear. Though i once played thru IWD with a single cleric/mage; defeated Belhifet by geeking out spells, running up and beating him down like a big sissy! it takes more strategy to play a mage, but they can be just as/if not more powerful than a fighter.

Well I have to go with the answer iI usually uses in these debates/questions.
Both a fighter and wizard in cooperation can beat any two fighters/wizards (same level http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif)
The fighter and wizard covers so different areas that working together will aid both in the cause to win.
The fighter can protect the wizard and give him the time to cast more advanced spells that will aid the fighter in killing the enemies. The fighter can also thwart enemy spellcasters with a distance weapon making it tough for him to get a spell loose.. Also, combat with so few people comes down to time...

one on one... Tough choice, depends on the way you play. A Wizard have to use different tactics and are more dependant to have the enemies gathered to weaken them with area effect spells and also hav to "waste" spells to protect himself. If he runs out os spells, he won´t be much good...

A fighters sword is never dull, he can whack one at a time but is also dependant on finding magic items to protect him from simple spells that can distort his mind or freeze him making him voulnerable.

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