Mages and CQC (close quarters combat)?

[Daigoro]

Originally Posted by khorboth

At 75 points, I'd expect the mage to do ok. The fighter is only a bit more physically capable and the wizard will probably get off a spell to level things out. At 1500 points, if the wizard had no time to prepare, I'd expect the fighter to go through the wizard in a single round like a buzzsaw.

Been a while since I was involved in a high-powered magic game, but I'm pretty sure a 1500pt wizard would be nigh-invulnerable. They'd have a dozen protective spells maintained indefinitely to start with, and likely be draped with magic items to boot, then soul jarred for good measure.