Quote Originally Posted by Forever Curious View Post
Yes. Yes they do
I have a feeling this class is unplayably bad then. You have a large number of spells, can't decide how you use them, and have no choice but pray you get something handy. I can just see players getting shafted, because they rolled Mage Armor like 8 times running.

It's not a BAD concept, but it needs some stability to be playable at all. Perhaps you should take a page from the 2e Wild Mage, and include the Chaos Shield and Improved Chaos Shield spells as class features.