DF Artillery Mages Noodling

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Originally Posted by Anthony

It means that you can't be really good in two separate categories at once for a trivial cost. If you limit mages to one school or a really small number of spells, sure, make the damaging spells better.

That isn't really saying much since the two categories in question are:

1. Damage
2. Literally everything else

If you're talking about a character that can cast "plot-destroying information spells, mind control, buffs, and utility effects" then you're already WAY past the point of caring about specialized skill sets.