D&D 5E (2024) 2nd level casters are disappoint

[Zardnaar]

At level 2? You’ve got 2 sorcery points…

Twin spell. 3 slot. Essentially you get a free upcast on 2 of them.

In effect youre getting a 66% boost.

Level 3+ you can twin or another other 1 point metamagic on all your highest level slots. Acid fireballs, reroll to hit, rerool 4 or 5 dice of damage etc.

Its sexy as well.

Wizards usually get a mediocre/limited ability level 3 and 6. Or it takes a while to scale up.

Savant twice per day dice rolls situational vs heighten spell on everything you cast (except maybe lvl 1s)

 

[Koloth]

Wizards these days are so demanding. In 1e, a new 2nd level wizard got:
1 First lvl spell slot.
1 First lvl spell to add to spell book(nice GMs let you pick, otherwise random roll.)
1 d4 worth of HP.

 

[Zardnaar]

Wizards these days are so demanding. In 1e, a new 2nd level wizard got:
1 First lvl spell slot.
1 First lvl spell to add to spell book(nice GMs let you pick, otherwise random roll.)
1 d4 worth of HP.

Damage was a lot lower. That d4 in effect is better thsn tm5E d6.

 

[FrogReaver]

And you only have 3 spellslots, so you can use metamagic on most of your spells.

It's level 2, resources are rather limited for everyone so I don't know what you're expecting here

While true, it doesn’t make the level 2 sorcerer good. Maybe better than the wizard, but not good.

 

[Zardnaar]

While true, it doesn’t make the level 2 sorcerer good. Maybe better than the wizard, but not good.

Warlocks number 1 imho then cleric/druids. Sorcerer next wizard in last place.

And I forgot bards. They exist.