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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MoonSong" data-source="post: 5953665" data-attributes="member: 6689464">I beg to differ on the sorcerer being easily handled by a theme. Sorcerers only partially resemble wizards on the surface and a theme meant to turn a wizard into a sorcerer would have to be awfully powerfull to be satisfactory, and even then it wouldn't be satisfactory enough.What wizards and sorcerers have in common:-Hit dice / hit points -Both cast arcane spells-They don't mesh well with armorWhat are the differences beween them:-Weapon proficiencies. The sorcerer is more likely to do something interesting on melee and to invest into STR and CON as a result.-Spell progression. Wizards get a quicker access to more powerful spells-Spellcasting ability. It may be very easily overlooked, but the primary spellcasting ability really marks the way a character plays, double since ability scores are going to be the main way of interction with the world. A good wizard is a bookworm, a good sorcerer the soul of the party. -Spellbook vs Spontaneous. A sorcerer is a fine specialized tool, he can't afford to have a diferent array of spells everyday, but he can use the few spells he knows to the fullest and in a more reliable way than a wizard.-A wizard is strategic, a sorcerer is tactical.-A sorcerer is simpler to play.A sorcerer theme would have to do the following to a wizard on the very first level:- Change the spellcasting ability from INT TO CHA. - Increase Weapon Proficiencies- get rid of the spellbook in exchange for spontaneous casting- change spellcasting progression And even then it wouldn't be a satisfactory sorcerer, because all of them would be the same except for background. There wouldn't be any room to specialize on magic, on melee or anyhting else if desired.</blockquote>

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