Klaus
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My second article for Dragon is up! 
Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (Class Acts: Sorcerers)
Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (Class Acts: Sorcerers)
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Class Acts: Sorcerer - "The Shivs of Sorcery"
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Klaus
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Thanks!
To be honest, I wanted the rules to support this character:
Regenerate This! - ArtOrder
I was also inspired by an old Brazilian movie titled "The High Art", where Peter Coyote learns the secrets of knifefighting from Tcheky Karyo to avenge a murdered friend.
The juxtaposition of knifefighting and dagger-casting just sprung to me from there, and I wrote the article in a day.
Alas, the Dragon Blade Channeling feat didn't make it to the final article.
To be honest, I wanted the rules to support this character:
Regenerate This! - ArtOrder
I was also inspired by an old Brazilian movie titled "The High Art", where Peter Coyote learns the secrets of knifefighting from Tcheky Karyo to avenge a murdered friend.
The juxtaposition of knifefighting and dagger-casting just sprung to me from there, and I wrote the article in a day.
Alas, the Dragon Blade Channeling feat didn't make it to the final article.
What was the Dragon Blade Channeling feat supposed to do? Treat the dagger as a 1d10 weapon when using sorcerer weapon powers? That's about the only thing that would bring those powers into perspective.
Don't have any complaints about the flavor of the article (though I selfishly was hoping for something juicy for my ranged cosmic sorcerer), but I think the power level of the article is a little too "safe".
Champion of the Bloody Circle is the only feat that made me consider, though as feat starved as sorcerers are, I don't think I can find the room for it (don't even know when to take Unarmored Agility). And for the powers, the only one that sparked my interest was Lightning Cuts, but it has tough competition from Flaming Spiral as a rare ally friendly burst. Force Daggers is strictly worse than Winds of Change.
I think there was good potential for the article topic with powers that hit a target in melee and arc to another target nearby, or maybe with a Twin Panthers/Rain of Blows like power that starts with a weapon attack, and echoes with some elemental damage, or maybe even a dual strike like encounter power that attacks 2-3 targets with reach 2 or 3.
Sadly, I'm left a bit disappointed with the article, but thank you for putting in the time, and submitting.
Don't have any complaints about the flavor of the article (though I selfishly was hoping for something juicy for my ranged cosmic sorcerer), but I think the power level of the article is a little too "safe".
Champion of the Bloody Circle is the only feat that made me consider, though as feat starved as sorcerers are, I don't think I can find the room for it (don't even know when to take Unarmored Agility). And for the powers, the only one that sparked my interest was Lightning Cuts, but it has tough competition from Flaming Spiral as a rare ally friendly burst. Force Daggers is strictly worse than Winds of Change.
I think there was good potential for the article topic with powers that hit a target in melee and arc to another target nearby, or maybe with a Twin Panthers/Rain of Blows like power that starts with a weapon attack, and echoes with some elemental damage, or maybe even a dual strike like encounter power that attacks 2-3 targets with reach 2 or 3.
Sadly, I'm left a bit disappointed with the article, but thank you for putting in the time, and submitting.
Klaus
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Mengu -> Force Daggers' strength is in its flexibility. Use it as a blast for 2[W] on several foes, or place it on a single enemy for 5[W]. And rolling 5d6 (brutal 1) plus Cha and Spell Source damage yields a result on par with other single-target spells of the same level.
As for the power levels, I determined what levels I wanted to cover (basically, every heroic spell level), and then looked at every single sorcerer spell of that level, plus a couple of rogue and warlock powers. Only one spell was changed from the original draft, from 4[W] to 2[W].
The article was aimed squarely at making a "melee arcane striker", and the sorcerer already had Sorcerous Blade Channeling going. The [W] spells offer an interesting choice to the player: use a dagger for its sorcerer-only enchantments or superior implement properties, or take a feat and use kukris or katars for brutal 1 or high crit? Imagine an epic sorcerer with a vorpal kukri (where every 1 is a reroll and another shot at rolling a "6")!
A sorcerer that chooses for the latter has the possibility of multiclassing or hybridizing into melee classes. Cosmic and Dragon sorcerers should look into Barbarian and Paladin powers, while Storm and Wild sorcerers should look into Rogue powers. Of course, Bards have lots of weapon powers that a melee sorcerer might want to look at (self-healing and self-buffing rounds them out nicely).
I'll ask if I can share what Dragon Blade Channelling did. I don't know why it was cut (along with an Epic feat).
All that said, I welcome all opinions and suggestions so future articles and books are improved.
After this, my next writing will be seen in Heroes of Shadow.
As for the power levels, I determined what levels I wanted to cover (basically, every heroic spell level), and then looked at every single sorcerer spell of that level, plus a couple of rogue and warlock powers. Only one spell was changed from the original draft, from 4[W] to 2[W].
The article was aimed squarely at making a "melee arcane striker", and the sorcerer already had Sorcerous Blade Channeling going. The [W] spells offer an interesting choice to the player: use a dagger for its sorcerer-only enchantments or superior implement properties, or take a feat and use kukris or katars for brutal 1 or high crit? Imagine an epic sorcerer with a vorpal kukri (where every 1 is a reroll and another shot at rolling a "6")!
A sorcerer that chooses for the latter has the possibility of multiclassing or hybridizing into melee classes. Cosmic and Dragon sorcerers should look into Barbarian and Paladin powers, while Storm and Wild sorcerers should look into Rogue powers. Of course, Bards have lots of weapon powers that a melee sorcerer might want to look at (self-healing and self-buffing rounds them out nicely).
I'll ask if I can share what Dragon Blade Channelling did. I don't know why it was cut (along with an Epic feat).
All that said, I welcome all opinions and suggestions so future articles and books are improved.
After this, my next writing will be seen in Heroes of Shadow.
