Is this really 16 pages of discussion of whether or not a fighter can best a wizard at a given level? Inane.
Also, to all of the people arguing that wizards can't win at range X from the fighter under scenario Y, where I control all of the elements, then get angry when the wizard uses one of his reality altering abilities to whump the fighter and call it Fiat are imbeciles. My d4 of HD at level one means I will be preparing silent image (1st level invis, w00t?) and your d10 means you could beat me to the ground in melee.
Okay, I have another hypothetical. Lets say a wizard is out of spells because it is the 5th encounter of the day and he is 3rd level. His 4th level fighter friend goes berserk and decides to blindside him with his greataxe.
Lets see old wizzy win here!
Really guys, this is the Min/Max board. Anyone who mentioned fighter at all used to be crucified for their stupidity, lets just drop this.
And I swear to god, If the monk thing comes back I might snap. The stupid hurted my brains.