I had a front line wizard in The Dark Eye. Dude had trash spell stats but high strength, lots of points in throwing weapons and an indestructible crystal ball that he could summon back to his hand. Which counted as a magic weapon because, well, it’s enchanted.
And he still had access to various divination spells. Not reliably but still.
Playing a shit spellcaster can be a lot of fun.












Or the Rafale, for that matter.
France has a habit of entering into pan-European programs to develop fighter jets, then demanding that most of the parts be made in France. Last time this led to France exiting the Eurofighter project and building the Rafale. This time it’s possible that Germany and Spain might leave the FCAS project and join the UK, Italy, and Japan in the GCAP project, which would lead to another exclusively French fighter.
Admittedly, the French are really good at building fighter aircraft. Their insistence on not sharing their expertise with the test of Europe is annoying, though.