Best race for sorcerer?

[Aust Diamondew]

Get a d6 and roll randomly if you can't decide.

 

[Teydyn]

Take a small race.

Nothing cooler then to fly at 1st level (being carried by 2 unseen servants....)

 

[Nonlethal Force]

The lower CON on a class that already gets very few HP (and needs Concentration) completely rules out Elf IMHO.

Yes, this CON deficiency has been noted already. And the bow/crossbow thing is minor unless youplan on branching into a combat casting PrC like Arcane Archer or Eldritch Knight (to give a few Core examples).

My reason for suggesting the elf over the other Core races (I don't know Eberron that well) is because anyone can play a gnome sorcerer who casts alot of illusion based spells. And human sorcerers are also picked because alot of people play humans. Most elves that get played get played as wizards. To me, there is something refreshingly new and simple about an elf sorcerer. But then again, for me creating a character isn't about the numbers (unless it is a glaringly bad combo like half-orc sorcerer) as much as it is about doing something that is unique and fresh.

There is nothing wrong with an elf sorcerer. There is nothing wrong with a gnome sorcerer either. Heck, there isn't technically anything wrong with a half-orc sorcerer! Just different flavors.

 

[Gnome]

Get a d6 and roll randomly if you can't decide.

Ha! Settle it like a gamer, huh? There's 7 core races on the PHB, though, and since this is Eberron, there's 4 more for a total of 11. This calls for a chart:

1) Changeling
2) Dwarf
3) Elf
4) Gnome
5) Half-Elf
6) Half-orc
7) Halfling
8) Human
9) Kalashtar
10) Shifter
11) Warforged
12) Other (from Monster Manual or one of the Races books)

Damn, now I wish I had a d12 handy. I'm seriously tempted to choose this way, even if it means I have a 1 in 3 chance of getting a CHA penalty this way.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

A little off topic rant: With all the hoopla in novels & Campaign worlrds about Elves being beings of magic/the weave, and other fanciful links to natural magic. I've always wondered since 3E why the Elves favored class isn't Sorcerer then? Especially since the Sorc magic is more natural compared to the Wizard class.

I have asked the same question myself, and have often been tempted to do that in my campaigns as a HR.

More often, however, I wind up replacing Elves with a similar race and different name, with Sorcerer as their favored class.

 

[Hammerhead]

I always thought Elves (at least FR Moon Elves) should be Bards...swordplay, singing, magic all in one underpowered package. It fits the elf perfectly.

Be a human with Max ranks in Bluff and Disguise with Change Self,, who pretends to be a Changeling, who pretends to be a Phiarlan elf, who pretends to be....

 

[Cabral]

I think reason for the favored class of wizard, rather than sorcerer is that Elves are depicted more as disciplined than instinctive. (Wild elves have favored class of sorcerer) Besides, the Wizard gets more class skills so you blow your few skill points into useless knowledge skills more efficiently .

 

[Hammerhead]

Why does everyone say Kobold? Kobolds suck. They get -4 Str, +2 Dex, and -2 Con...their stat adjustments are just horrible. If you want to be that weak, why not just go commoner and be done with it?

 

[JimAde]

Why does everyone say Kobold? Kobolds suck. They get -4 Str, +2 Dex, and -2 Con...their stat adjustments are just horrible. If you want to be that weak, why not just go commoner and be done with it?

People love an underdog.

Also, Kobolds are a small race with darkvision and 30 foot movement. You get a lot of the same things you get with a gnome (except for the Con of course) plus that +1 natural armor.

I think they're a viable choice.

EDIT: Just to clarify, goblins give you a lot of the same bonuses, but that -2 to Cha is a drag when you're trying to make a sorcerer.

 

[lukelightning]

Halfling. Bonus dex and size= better AC. Also better attacks with ranged touch spells. And +1 to all saves is very useful.