Help me choose spells for my sorcerer.

[IcyCool]

I'm playing a sorcerer in a new campaign. He's young prince (12-13ish) who's been wrongly accused of murdering his eldest brother (he's the youngest of three, and the middle brother is making a power grab).

He's currently 3rd level, and is going to hit 4th pretty soon (shooting for Archmage). I'm specifically looking for lists at those levels, but spell selections all the way up to 20th level are more than welcome. I've never run a sorcerer before, so I'm not sure what to take.

His current spell selection is thus:
0-level:
Acid Splash
Detect Magic
Mage Hand
Prestidigitation
Read Magic

1st-level:
Feather Fall
Mage Armor
Magic Missile

 

[Deathmonger]

I suggest the following sources:

-The Classic Play book of Adventuring (Mongoose) has lots of spell lists for all the spellcasting classes and breaks them up according to what role the spellcaster will have in the party.
http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/d20/detail.php?qsID=278&qsSeries=14


-The Power Gamer's 3.5 Wizard Strategy Guide (Goodman Games) covers all arcane spellcasting types and gives excellent advice on effective sorcerer characters.
http://www.goodmangames.com/4311preview.php

 

[IcyCool]

While I'm sure those are good suggestions, I'm not looking to buy a book to give me suggestions. I'm looking to tap the fantastic collective mind that is EnWorld.

 

[Nail]

...or in this case, Thanee. He's got a great list, including what to swap out when. I'll see if I can dig up the bookmark.....

 

[Nail]

Alrighty....here it is.

 

[Nail]

I'm looking to tap the fantastic collective mind that is EnWorld.

How about looking at the "polls" dcollins did last year?

Here is a summary. ...Thanks to Thanee, of course.

 

[IcyCool]

Thanks Nail!

 

[IcyCool]

I'll bump this for the night crowd with the additional mention of which books I can use.

Core/SRD
Complete Series
Races of Series
Book of Exalted Deeds
Book of Vile Darkness
Relics and Rituals
Unusual Treasures
Magic of Faerun
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
Eberron Campaign Setting

I think there might be a couple more books in there, including the miniatures handbook.

 

[Thanee]

Heh, thanks Nail.

Here's a more current version, but please note, that it's the spell selection for my character, not for a super-optimized character, so it's colored by my personal preferances. It's also for an Incantatrix with prohibited school Evocation. But there will surely be some helpful ideas in there.

[SBLOCK]SPELLS BY LEVEL

01 - Detect Magic, Read Magic, Daze, Prestidigitation, Mage Armor, Color Spray
02 - Light
03 - Magic Missile
04 - Mage Hand, Scorching Ray, Mending (<- Daze)
05 - Ray of Enfeeblement, False Life
06 - Message, Fireball, Shield (<- Color Spray)
07 - Unseen Servant, See Invisibility, Suggestion
08 - Detect Poison, Polymorph
09 - Command Undead/Invisibilty, Dragonskin/Protection from Energy/Slow, Dimension Door
10 - Arcane Mark, Dominate Person
11 - Glitterdust/Resist Energy, Magic Circle against Evil, Dimensional Anchor, Greater Blink
12 - Planar Binding, Wraithstrike/Swift Fly/Resist Energy (<- Scorching Ray)
13 - Orb of Force/Evard's Black Tentacles, Fleshshiver/Magic Jar/Hold Monster, Analyze Dweomer
14 - Greater Shadow Conjuration, Deeper Darkvision (<- Fireball)
15 - Draconic Polymorph/Telekinesis/Vitriolic Sphere, Imbue Familiar with Spell Ability, Limited Wish
16 - Greater Planar Binding, Wages of Sin/Greater Dispel Magic/Disintegrate/Starmantle (<- Planar Binding)
17 - Energy Immunity/Reverse Gravity/Greater Scrying/Greater Teleport, Polymorph any Object
18 - Dominate Monster, Telekinesis/Refusal/Persistent Image (<- Dominate Person)
19 - Moment of Prescience, Shapechange
20 - Shades/Gate, ?¿? (<- Greater Shadow Conjuration)

FEATS BY LEVEL

01 - Able Learner, Spell Focus: Enchantment
03 - Iron Will
06 - Empower Spell
07 - Silent Spell
09 - Assume Supernatural Ability
10 - Heighten Spell
12 - Extra Spell (Assay Resistance)
13 - Quicken Spell
15 - Arcane Strike/Arcane Preparation
16 - Twin Spell/Extend Spell
18 - Arcane Preparation/Extraordinary Concentration[/SBLOCK]

Bye
Thanee

 

[Nail]

Say, Thanee: What level(s) is your PC?