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Newbie Question - Wizard/Sorcerer Spell Selection?
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<blockquote data-quote="Christian" data-source="post: 273545" data-attributes="member: 381"><p>Oh, and just because I feel like it-you'll notice the advantage to the wizard vs. the sorcerer here. The wizard will generally know a <em>lot</em> more spells than a sorcerer of the same level, especially if they make an effort to find/research extra spells to learn. They have no limit to how many they can know ... This (and the fact that wizards get 2nd and higher level spells a level earlier) is supposed to offset the sorcerer's advantages of having more spells per day and not having to prepare them in advance.</p><p></p><p>You've probably made a good choice in running a wizard, by the way, given that you wanted to play an arcane spellcaster. For a new player, one of the hardest choices in playing a spellcaster is the right mix of spells. If you make a bad choice with your wizard, you can look for/purchase scrolls of better spells, and/or prepare a different set of spells on another day. If you make a bad spell selection for a sorcerer, you are, to put it in technical terms, screwed to the wall. You're stuck with that selection forever and ever ... Yeah, you'll get a few spells of that level later on, but never very many-and never enough. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Christian, post: 273545, member: 381"] Oh, and just because I feel like it-you'll notice the advantage to the wizard vs. the sorcerer here. The wizard will generally know a [i]lot[/i] more spells than a sorcerer of the same level, especially if they make an effort to find/research extra spells to learn. They have no limit to how many they can know ... This (and the fact that wizards get 2nd and higher level spells a level earlier) is supposed to offset the sorcerer's advantages of having more spells per day and not having to prepare them in advance. You've probably made a good choice in running a wizard, by the way, given that you wanted to play an arcane spellcaster. For a new player, one of the hardest choices in playing a spellcaster is the right mix of spells. If you make a bad choice with your wizard, you can look for/purchase scrolls of better spells, and/or prepare a different set of spells on another day. If you make a bad spell selection for a sorcerer, you are, to put it in technical terms, screwed to the wall. You're stuck with that selection forever and ever ... Yeah, you'll get a few spells of that level later on, but never very many-and never enough. :( [/QUOTE]
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