All true, but I would like to add one point, and that is Wizard spells will
always be resisted if the mob is 6+ levels greater than the casters.

Chris Trubiani wrote:

> From: "Chris Trubiani" <u1607755@...>
>
> Hail... Wizard spells work a different way then other casters. The other
> casters (I'm not sure if magicians are included in this) either do full dmg
> or no dmg. Wizards have there dmg vary over a range. This may seem bad to
> you now, but it's not. Wizard spells get completely resisted less than
> other caster spells. So when you're doing 40 dmg (on a 83 dmg spell), but
> everyone else is getting completely resisted you won't feel so useless.
> BTW, Necro life draining spells are impossible to resist, it will do the
> same amount of dmg every single time he casts it no matter what.
>
> details.