Working in some "free" weapon master feats to pure fighters would be nice and balance them with clerics. I do think though that the balance would come from better defensive abilities than offensive. Parry, dwarven-defender type stuff so that they can fend off the enemies while others take them down from a distance. Right now with low AC and OK AB/damage they need stoneskin to be useful as a front-liner.

Wizards can prep spells for whatever they're doing, which has a lot of ramifications both for adventuring as well as RP. As others have said, the sorcerer "pick spells and live with it" is somewhat lacking. I think the balance would come from making those spells more plentiful and/or more powerful, perhaps with that *mancy focus suggested by Crystal.

One other thing - maybe it's just me, but I see sorcerers more as an offensive weapon than wizards in terms of RP, especially with mastery over an element. In that case, there would perhaps be an effect like "lots and lots of poweerrr...oh shit it's an AC-less guy with a crossbow". Mages are similar, I suppose, but again, with the ability to change the spellbook they can at least tailor them to a specific use case.

I'm playing a ranger and it says "Merchant's reaction is (un)favorable" in the console but then doesn't open a shop.

Area name: Mortuary
NPC Name: Whisper
Server Version: 6478
Screen Shot: thought I took one but looks like it didn't save. sorry!
Time: 2019-10-15T14:00:00 EST

Issue Description:
When you have a corpse and ask Whisper to raise him, the console gives a message that there is a BUG: Whisper has no deity set.

Was comfy AF tho...

Area name: Redwoods - Helms border (I think that's the name)
Issue Location: Southeast corner
NPC Name: Forest Troll

The forest troll wildshaped into a panther while we were fighting it. I then auto-rolled for passive animal empathy and succeeded. Didn't try, but active animal empathy was an available option and I speculate that I would have been able to get a forest troll as an animal companion or at least cruising around with me for a while.

Also seems funny that a big scary troll would wildshape into a little weakling panther, but w/e, different issue.

Got into a bit of a confusing RP exchange because I was operating off of this map as "common IG knowledge" but hadn't yet seen this one, which is pretty different (the issue was Collinswood being Gondegal territory or Cormyrian). I (now) understand there are some plots/stories around Collinswood being loyalist territory, but it would help if maps were in "agreement", so to speak, for those of us new to the storyline.

Thanks!

@Gumba seems like a related/second generation of this issue so I'll post it here. Running .compantame on specific animals (Worgs, in my case) now gives me the message saying "You lack the required feat to perform this action". Is that intended?

Area name: Moonsea Ride - Slingdyke
Issue Location: Slingdyke
NPC Name: Messenger

No variable int iGoldPrice1 set on the NPC so cannot send a message.

Area name: Dragon Trail, Hillmarch
Time: 2019-09-25 9:08pm Eastern

Rested in the woods as a ranger. Lost bedroll. Finished resting. Bedroll not returned and not on the ground.