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<blockquote data-quote="MoonSong" data-source="post: 7552859" data-attributes="member: 6689464"><p>There was another reason, but many people just didn't care or notice. Themes and backgrounds. Maybe your players characterized their sorcerers like wizards unless noted, but the sorcerer class isn't bound by the wizard's thematic limits. All wizards are brainy/scholarly by default and by necessity. That is the thematic core of the class, regardless of their backstory they all have to have space (and resources) to procure an education and magical training, along with the intelligence needed for it all somewhere in their background. The sorcerer isn't bound by that, they can afford to be destitute and ignorant idiots(lovable/cute idiots). Their background has next to zero trappings and as such they can be anybody, come from anywhere and take their magic for granted or even see it as a curse, not even "daddy was a dragon" is required, "I don't know why, I just can do it" or "I don't care, to me it's a curse" work as well. They can care as much or as little as they want about the origin of their magic and that makes it a very versatile class. They still are, while the wizard is every bit as scholarly as ever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MoonSong, post: 7552859, member: 6689464"] There was another reason, but many people just didn't care or notice. Themes and backgrounds. Maybe your players characterized their sorcerers like wizards unless noted, but the sorcerer class isn't bound by the wizard's thematic limits. All wizards are brainy/scholarly by default and by necessity. That is the thematic core of the class, regardless of their backstory they all have to have space (and resources) to procure an education and magical training, along with the intelligence needed for it all somewhere in their background. The sorcerer isn't bound by that, they can afford to be destitute and ignorant idiots(lovable/cute idiots). Their background has next to zero trappings and as such they can be anybody, come from anywhere and take their magic for granted or even see it as a curse, not even "daddy was a dragon" is required, "I don't know why, I just can do it" or "I don't care, to me it's a curse" work as well. They can care as much or as little as they want about the origin of their magic and that makes it a very versatile class. They still are, while the wizard is every bit as scholarly as ever. [/QUOTE]
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