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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KidSnide" data-source="post: 5995525" data-attributes="member: 54710">Looking at <a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4ll/20120821" target="_blank">today's L&L</a>, I'm unsure about the story behind the sorcerer.  Don't get me wrong... it's cool.  I like the idea that there is this magic within the character that is just under control, but begins to transform the sorcerer as willpower is expended.  That's badass, and a terrific character concept.But isn't the story a little... umm... specific?I think of the sorcerers I've played with (maybe a half dozen or so), and I'm not sure these "you transform as your magic is expended" mechanics would be a good fit for any of them.  Yes, this character background is a sorcerer.  But it's just one type of sorcerer.  In 3.x terms, this type of character story would belong with a sorcerer based prestige class, not a base class.As I see it, the sorcerer story should cover a wide range of inherent magical powers or simply arcane powers that are a lot narrower and more specific than those for a wizard.  The storm sorcerer in my current game is just a striker war wizard with a lighting / thunder focus.  Most of the other people I know who created sorcerers were either looking for a less complicated spell list, a charisma based wizard or some kind of narrow super-specialist.  "Inherent magic" is ok (although I can think of many sorcerers that gloss over this), but the L&L background and the current mechanics are just too much.A mechanic that requires the character's identity to fade away as the sorcerer runs out of spells is going to leave too many "former sorcerers" looking for a new class to represent their character.  Players need building blocks too, and class is a little too close to a prefab character concept.  It's a great idea to provide strong story hooks, but PH1 classes should also cover a wide range of character types.-KS</blockquote>

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