Best race for sorcerer?

[Mistwell]

Whisper Gnome:
+2 Dex, +2 Con, -2 Str, -2 Chr.
Size: small
Base Speed: 30 Ft. (they are fast for small size)
Low-Light Vision & Darkvision
Weapon Familiarity: Gnome Hooked Hammer
+1 vs. kobolds and gonlinoids
+4 dodge vs. Giants
+4 racial (in addition to the size bonus) to Hide and Move Silent
+2 Racial to Listen and Spot
Spell-like abilities: silence (center on you), ghost sound, mage hand, message.
Favored Class: Rogue
Racial Feats available: Extra Silence (lets you use it 3x more a day), and Silencing Strike (makes some of your sneak attacks cast silence on the victim as well with no save)

Okay, so the -2 Chr. is a problem for a sorceror. Perhaps they make a better Wizard than Sorceror (and better rogue). Oh well, nevermind. Perhaps it's better to go with a regular old rock gnome.

 

[fnork de sporg]

Star Elf is indeed pretty neat.

You get a minus to con and a plus to cha, you get the same magic immunities as a normal elf but lose the weapon familiarity that you really didn't need anyways. But does the minus to con really balance out the plus to cha?

Plus you can be subjected to spells like banishment that will send you back to your extradimensional elf homeland.

 

[FreeTheSlaves]

I second FranktheDM, choose human & make them aged (-1/+1 or -2/+2 physical/mental). Sorcerers lack feats & skills & with pt buy you can min/max those aging modifiers into bonuses.

 

[Plane Sailing]

I second FranktheDM, choose human & make them aged (-1/+1 or -2/+2 physical/mental). Sorcerers lack feats & skills & with pt buy you can min/max those aging modifiers into bonuses.

It is actually -1/+1 or -3/+2...

 

[Gnome]

FYI, I decided to go with a human in the end, partially because I never play humans, and partially for the extra feat (especially since I plan on taking some of the dragonic feats from CA).