[SixOfSpades]

Weak(est) characters:

• Straight Paladin (not really weak in itself, but all of the kits are better)
• Straight Fighter (the Berserker, Kensai, and Archer leave the pureclass in the dust)
• Straight Cleric
• Straight Druid (easily trumped by the Totemic Druid)
• Bounty Hunter (can Maze 3 enemies per day, if they fail their Save or don't have Magic Resistance. Whoopee)
• Diviner (say goodbye to Find Familiar, Flame Arrow, Spider Spawn, Wish, etc)
• Invoker (adios to the previous spells, and also Greater Malison, Emotion: Hopelessness, Chaos, & Feeblemind)
• Transmuter (just try a Solo game without Protection from Petrification, Resist Fear, Dispel Magic, Breach, Lower Resistance, Spell Immunity, Spell Shield, Protection from Magic Energy, Protection from Magic Weapons, Spell Turning, Pierce Shield, and Spell Trap)
• Enchanter (Name a spell that actually hurts the enemy, and the odds are 4 to 1 that you can't use it. Better hope the enemy doesn't have Death Spells.)
• Wizard Slayer ("I have sacrificed the ability to use half of the best items in the game in order to kick ass against wizards. Now I need to go find a Monk to kill this wizard for me, while I stand over here and gaze longingly at this healing potion.")
• Beast Master (So--the ability to cast Animal Summoning is worth being reduced to Shadow Dragon Scale and Blackblood? Is Call Lightning not worth the spell slot or something?)
• Shapeshifter ("See, I'm just like a normal Druid--except I can't wear armor--and I'm also just like those Greater Wolfweres in the Windspear Hills! And boy, they sure were a challenge, weren't they?")
• All Bards except the Blade ("Hi there! Name any Multiclass character in existence, and they'll be sure to kick our collective butt!")

Raistlin: The Wizard Slayer's ability to cause Spell Failure is just like the enchantment on a weapon: It must actually make contact with the target. Spells such as Mantle and PfMW will block it, but Stoneskin will not.