Ah yes, a classic D&D heritage post.

Ha. Implying most people don't homebrew the shit out of things.

One of my games, the DM threw in a Spartan Laser. Two instances of "boy that looks scary, I'm gonna laser it!" later, and he was rethinking that decision.

Mystic was no less balanced than Wizard, and the 28 pages was actually pretty light for introducing an entire new magic system. Change my mind.