Dungeons and Dragons: Magic Classes Are Clearly Better Than Martial Classes, but You Should Play Them Anyway

For years, the debate has raged at Dungeons & Dragons tables everywhere: the divide versus players who favor a magically inclined character over brute force. Playing a Fighter, Rogue, or Barbarian offers a different experience than a wizard or cleric, after all, since mages can bend the rules of reality. Magic users have always had the flashier toolkits: teleporting across the map, reshaping battlefields, or casually dropping spells that trivialize entire encounters. Compared to that, swinging a sword can feel quaint.