Better blaster: evoker or sorcerer?

[green slime]

If the PHB-II is allowed, then I choose the Conjurer variant (with Immediate Magic: Abrupt Jaunt) as superior to the Sorcerer.

Actually, the more splat books you allow, the more the Conjurer eats the Evoker alive.

Cheers, -- N

Yes.

Strange how many spells seem to be malplaced according to school. Further strange, how many are actual "Like A, only better."

 

[Tetsubo]

What? No love for the Warlock? I see the Warlock as the Blaster incarnate...

 

[DragonLancer]

Sorcerer. IMO theres no better blaster mage.

 

[drothgery]

If you define better as 'easiest to play at high levels', then I'm going with warmage. Granted, you miss out some useful stuff (only four Advanced/Eclectic Learning slots is a bit of a problem), but you get a broader selection of blasting power than any sorcerer will manage without a set of runestaves, rarely have to think about spell choice, have a d6 hit die and armor, and warmage edge essentially gives you a free damage die.

Now, a well-played wizard, conjuerer, evoker, sorcerer, or psion can certainly outdo a warmage. But as a pure blaster, it's tough (especially if you want to keep the number of sourcebooks it takes to build your character down). And, well, blasters are fun.

 

[Particle_Man]

What? No love for the Warlock? I see the Warlock as the Blaster incarnate...

I love the Warlock in a manly Viking way, but he falls behind the "blaster" curve pretty quickly, compared to the others listed here. They make great snipers, and can make great crowd-control.