Wizard: “I have delved the forbidden libraries, labs, and vats and studied the stars and crystals for unspeakable power.” Witch: “Nerd. I just charmed my way into doing it by making a deal with an entity that could just do it.” Sorcerer: “You mean like me? Because I can just do it. I came out the gate drawing Mozart.”
Modern D&D has a coolness overlap problem where you’re constantly getting upstaged by some even purer expression of the trope.