D&D 5E Best on screen depiction of the sorcerer class

[Count_Zero]

Megumin (Konosuba) isn't on here? casting one really big explosion once per day feels like the ultimate expression of being a sorcerer.

Ehh - that also works for regular wizards as well - "I only have one 5th level spell slot, so I'm going memorize a spell that can cause the biggest explosions" (alternatively, "I'm going to memorize Fireball in the highest spell slot that I can.")

 

[Minigiant]

I didn't watch the Warcraft movie but... did it change Medivh so much that he isn't a wizard and warlock?

 

[dbm]

I can’t believe you left this guy if the list!

 

[Sacrosanct]

On the wizard list.

 

[Sacrosanct]

Because there is so much overlap, here are the other two lists


Warlock

John Constantine

Morgan Le Fay (Excalibur)

The seer (Vikings)

Darth Vader (Star Wars)

Thulsa Doom (Conan the Barbarian)

David Lo Pan (Big Trouble in Little China)

Kaulder (The Last Witchunter)

Jean-Francois (Brotherhood of the Wolf)

Hellboy (Hellboy)

Nancy Downs (The Craft)

Queen Ravenna (Snow White and theHuntsman)

Warlock (The Warlock 1989)

Voldemort

Caleb Danvers (Covenant)

Lady Van Tassel (Sleepy Hollow)

Lord of Darkness (Legend)

Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)

Bran (GoT)

Ezra Scarlet (Fairy tail)









Wizard

Merlin (Merlin UK series)

Galen (Dragonslayer)

Gandalf (LoTR)

Tim the Enchanter (Quest for the Holy Grail)

Akiro (Conan movies)

Thoth-Amon (Conan the destroyer)

Willow Ufgood (Willow)

Queen Bavmorda (Willow)

Saruman

Ergo (Krull)

Piper/Phoebe/Paige/Prue (Charmed)

Harry Potter

Dumbldore

Slayn (Lodoss War)

Dr. Strange (MCU)

Zeddicus (Legend of the Seeker)

Howl (Howl’s Moving Castle)

Alice (The Magicians, but really, chose any of them)

Qyburn (GoT)

Zeniba/Yubaba (Spirited Away)

Harry Dresden (Dresden Files)

Marina (Dungeons and Dragons)

Profion (Dungeons and Dragons)

Presto (D&D cartoon)

 

[TheCosmicKid]

Princess Elsa is my go-to example sorcerer these days.

 

[Khelon Testudo]

Willow Rosenberg is a wizard. (from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, for you yunguns. )

 

[houser2112]

I can’t believe you left this guy if the list!

I can. It's right in his name, Tim the Enchanter, as in a wizard specializing in the Enchantment school.

 

[billd91]

For me, the distinction between wizard and sorcerer would come from whether or not the power was based on learning lore or innate (or, I suppose granted by a patron for warlock). If it seems like the arcane caster is more based on study or structured learning, I'd go with wizard.

 

[MoonSong]

Also missing, Jeannie from I dream of Jeannie