Ah, you just opened up your newest game and have been Easing Into the Adventure. Maybe there's some Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors, or Standard Status Effects, but you can handle that. Then you get a new spell! And another. And another. A few levels later, you are the Squishy Wizard equivalent of MacGyver and have a spell for every situation, effect or possibility. Or a weapon, or a tool, or a shiny rock made from lifeforce. One of the reasons for Linear Warriors, Quadratic Wizards. Examples of Exponential Potential include: