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Is Sorcerer the weakest 3.5 base class now?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ogre Mage" data-source="post: 1376182" data-attributes="member: 3404"><p>A couple of reasons for the unpopularity of the sorcerer come to mind:</p><p></p><p>1. <strong>The class mimics the wizard too much.</strong> They share the same spell list and their abilities overall are too similar. The only real difference is one uses a spellbook and the other doesn't. In contrast, if you compare the druid and the cleric, while both are full progression divine casters, they have separate spell lists and their flexibile abilities allow each class to have its own niche.</p><p></p><p>2. <strong>The class lacks synergy.</strong> Sorcerers need charisma, but charisma does not offer them any significant synergies to their abilities outside of spellcasting. In 3.0 they did not even have any charisma based skills. In 3.5 they have ONE -- Bluff.</p><p></p><p>3. <strong>Lack of support from WotC and third party material</strong>. Most of the stuff published on arcane casters is about wizards.</p><p></p><p>Is the sorcerer a bum deal compared to the wizard? It might offer an interesting role-playing opportunity, but somehow I feel the class is better suited to DM use rather than for players. It's an easy way to add class levels to monsters who would be likely to have unusual, inborn mystical powers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ogre Mage, post: 1376182, member: 3404"] A couple of reasons for the unpopularity of the sorcerer come to mind: 1. [B]The class mimics the wizard too much.[/B] They share the same spell list and their abilities overall are too similar. The only real difference is one uses a spellbook and the other doesn't. In contrast, if you compare the druid and the cleric, while both are full progression divine casters, they have separate spell lists and their flexibile abilities allow each class to have its own niche. 2. [B]The class lacks synergy.[/B] Sorcerers need charisma, but charisma does not offer them any significant synergies to their abilities outside of spellcasting. In 3.0 they did not even have any charisma based skills. In 3.5 they have ONE -- Bluff. 3. [B]Lack of support from WotC and third party material[/B]. Most of the stuff published on arcane casters is about wizards. Is the sorcerer a bum deal compared to the wizard? It might offer an interesting role-playing opportunity, but somehow I feel the class is better suited to DM use rather than for players. It's an easy way to add class levels to monsters who would be likely to have unusual, inborn mystical powers. [/QUOTE]
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