Wizard schools explained

[Lunduke is the Trump of tech]

Evocation: Army artillery. Placed in the back line behind the infantry to bombard the enemy with heavy nukes. Glass cannon.
Conjuration: Has no friends so they summon them.
Enchantment: All the women pick this school.
Necromancy: I want to become a lich.
Illusion: For the tricksters and enigmatic players.
Abjuration: Please don't hurt me.
Divination: I am really big on roleplaying. No one can kill me because I can see into the future.

[WeenerTuck813]

It won’t be for this game, but…

Forest gnome illusion Wizard is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ BiS it’s insane. A magic lawn gnome omggggggggg

[Ghost]

Originally posted by WeenerTuck813:

It won’t be for this game, but…

Forest gnome illusion Wizard is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ BiS it’s insane. A magic lawn gnome omggggggggg

Who doesn't love a god-wizard? Excepting those who don't know better.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

You forgot Transmutation.

[Panic Fire]

Originally posted by Pan Darius Kairos:

You forgot Transmutation.

No he didn't. You just don't see it because they transmuted themselves into one of the other categories..

[Lunduke is the Trump of tech]

Originally posted by Pan Darius Kairos:

You forgot Transmutation.

Transmutation: I love psychedelics

[WeenerTuck813]

Typically in table top Divination is the move though.

Portent is just so so good

[IgnatiusJ.Reilly]

Wizard schools explained (Translation of 5e to BG3)

Evocation: Translates fine, not bad, but blasting is inferior within the ruleset.

Conjuration: Primary ability won't translate. Not that good, there are no summons of consequence in the Player's Handbook, they'd need to add Tasha's summoning spells. Not that many good conjuration spells in the game.

Enchantment: Will translate if they implement multi-targeting. Kind of meh, at least until level 9 when one can get the 5th level spell Modify Memory.

Necromancy: Will translate, but poor mechanically. Unless they implement Grim Harvest as temporary HP and allow significantly better zombies and skeletons through Animate Dead. The Necromany spells in the game are the worst of any school period.

Illusion: Only a single ability will really translate. And that ability will be a bit wonky to implement even with the reaction system. Illusion spells, beyond low level defensive ones, won't translate at all.

Abjuration: Will translate, but not that interesting. And how are you gonna recharge the ward? Even the classic Shield spell is not in the game.

Divination: Can Translate if they use the reaction system. Portent will require it to be used effectively. Nothing else of consequence in the sub-class. Probably the best Wizard sub-class in the game.

Transmutation: Primary ability won't translate. Its other abilities suck, not worth talking about.

[Trap Queen 85]

Necromancy. And that damned book they make such a big deal about in the game better have a better tie for those in the Necromancy school other than some weak spell.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Usually it's Enchantment and Illusion schools (maybe Divination too) that get the short end of the stick in video games due to the open ended and RP based nature of those spells.

I mean, just look at Minor Illusion in BG3 compared to it's TT version.

[Dragon Master]

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[GrandMajora]

Originally posted by When the music ends...:

Conjuration: Has no friends so they summon them.

I viewed Conjuration as the school of "make it somebody else's problem."

[Lunduke is the Trump of tech]

Originally posted by Trap Queen 85:

Necromancy. And that damned book they make such a big deal about in the game better have a better tie for those in the Necromancy school other than some weak spell.

I think the necromancy spells make sense from a lore perspective but from gameplay perspective not as much because wizards are supposed to be in the back line and not take damage. But necromancer is very focused on boosting their health and life drain. They strangely also seem somewhat focused on melee spells which makes no sense. Apparently necromancers are really great in tabletop though, but in every video game they are ♥♥♥♥.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

People think Conjuration is all summoning - but it has arguably better damage spells than Evocation and a bunch of mobility spells (basically all your teleports are Conjuration).

Conjuration-Abjuration can turn your Wizard into a melee fighter, or a demon/monster summoner (bonus pts if you use Enchantment to bind them to your will).

[Lunduke is the Trump of tech]

Originally posted by Pan Darius Kairos:

People think Conjuration is all summoning - but it has arguably better damage spells than Evocation and a bunch of mobility spells (basically all your teleports are Conjuration).

Conjuration-Abjuration can turn your Wizard into a melee fighter, or a demon/monster summoner (bonus pts if you use Enchantment to bind them to your will).

But that's just bad game design. Evocation is supposed to be the damage dealing school. Conjuration is supposed to be about summons.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Originally posted by When the music ends...:

Originally posted by Pan Darius Kairos:

People think Conjuration is all summoning - but it has arguably better damage spells than Evocation and a bunch of mobility spells (basically all your teleports are Conjuration).

Conjuration-Abjuration can turn your Wizard into a melee fighter, or a demon/monster summoner (bonus pts if you use Enchantment to bind them to your will).

But that's just bad game design. Evocation is supposed to be the damage dealing school. Conjuration is supposed to be about summons.

You're only looking at the surface.

Conjuration is about conjuring things, whether that be magical blades, flaming spheres, or extraplanar beings. Their signature subclass feature is literally the abity to conjure any mundane object under a certain size/weight, not summon.

Evocation is largely about energy blasts, so most people take it for the attack spells, but here's a small same of Evo spells that don't even deal dsmage:

Dancing Lights
Light
Cure Wounds
Divine Favor
Faerie Fire
Darkness
Gust of Wind
Daylight
Leomund's Tiny Hut

Just to name a few...