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<blockquote data-quote="cbwjm" data-source="post: 7201213" data-attributes="member: 6788732"><p>No idea what anyone else has said yet, but I think that, although it may not work out as well in the game, since PCs can keep on gaining levels and more power, in the story behind a character it could make a lot of sense.</p><p></p><p>Imagine a wizard who has mastered a few spells but greater power always seems to be beyond his grasp. This wizard may turn to ancient rituals found in forbidden tomes to call up some dark entity to make a pact for more power.</p><p></p><p>Sorcery, inborn talent, is quite often seen in stories as dangerous and unpredictable and wizards are generally considered to have some sort of inborn talent as well (Essentially, you either have the spark or you are unable to draw upon magical energies). A sorcerer may go to a college of wizardry to learn to better control his powers and pick up some levels of wizard. Perhaps instead of wizardry, the young sorcerer stumbles upon a place of power where a dark power promises him the power to control his gift, the sorcerer then picks up some levels of warlock.</p><p></p><p>These are just the scenarios I can think of off the top of my head, and the scenarios behind them might not play out as well in D&Ds class structure as they might in a freeform character creation system, but I think they are good reasons for switching between arcane classes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cbwjm, post: 7201213, member: 6788732"] No idea what anyone else has said yet, but I think that, although it may not work out as well in the game, since PCs can keep on gaining levels and more power, in the story behind a character it could make a lot of sense. Imagine a wizard who has mastered a few spells but greater power always seems to be beyond his grasp. This wizard may turn to ancient rituals found in forbidden tomes to call up some dark entity to make a pact for more power. Sorcery, inborn talent, is quite often seen in stories as dangerous and unpredictable and wizards are generally considered to have some sort of inborn talent as well (Essentially, you either have the spark or you are unable to draw upon magical energies). A sorcerer may go to a college of wizardry to learn to better control his powers and pick up some levels of wizard. Perhaps instead of wizardry, the young sorcerer stumbles upon a place of power where a dark power promises him the power to control his gift, the sorcerer then picks up some levels of warlock. These are just the scenarios I can think of off the top of my head, and the scenarios behind them might not play out as well in D&Ds class structure as they might in a freeform character creation system, but I think they are good reasons for switching between arcane classes. [/QUOTE]
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