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Is the Sorcerer Story Too Narrow for a Base Class?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tovec" data-source="post: 5997979" data-attributes="member: 95493"><p>A few things first, neither of these statements take into account how leveling or classes work at all in DnD.</p><p></p><p>Also, the statement of every sage being an archmage is akin to saying everyone who goes to university should become a professor.</p><p></p><p>As for the sorcerers becoming the best wizards? I think that has a lot to do with the basic assumptions of how classes work and more importantly how mutliclassing works. Sorcerers MIGHT get a leg up if they were to multiclass with wizards, they might not. Just because you feel magic in you doesn't mean you can scribe scrolls that well. Put another way the football star may not be the best english major out there.</p><p></p><p>Also, I've always assumed, and perhaps falsely, that sorcerers advance as they learn more and access their own inner pools. To me that means they are devoting their time and energy to stretching and testing their limits - which in turn leads to granting more/better powers.</p><p></p><p>In that sense, if they want to be able to wear armor and get weapon training they should take levels in fighter. If they want to become a wizard then they should become a wizard. If they want to train in their own natural talents then they should stay sorcerers.</p><p></p><p>That is part of what I dislike about the most recent articles attempt at writing up sorcerers. I can see it as a force they don't necessarily understand or can't fully control but I dislike the two souls thing as I feel that is very cludgy. I love KM's description of sorcerer, but not his warlock sadly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tovec, post: 5997979, member: 95493"] A few things first, neither of these statements take into account how leveling or classes work at all in DnD. Also, the statement of every sage being an archmage is akin to saying everyone who goes to university should become a professor. As for the sorcerers becoming the best wizards? I think that has a lot to do with the basic assumptions of how classes work and more importantly how mutliclassing works. Sorcerers MIGHT get a leg up if they were to multiclass with wizards, they might not. Just because you feel magic in you doesn't mean you can scribe scrolls that well. Put another way the football star may not be the best english major out there. Also, I've always assumed, and perhaps falsely, that sorcerers advance as they learn more and access their own inner pools. To me that means they are devoting their time and energy to stretching and testing their limits - which in turn leads to granting more/better powers. In that sense, if they want to be able to wear armor and get weapon training they should take levels in fighter. If they want to become a wizard then they should become a wizard. If they want to train in their own natural talents then they should stay sorcerers. That is part of what I dislike about the most recent articles attempt at writing up sorcerers. I can see it as a force they don't necessarily understand or can't fully control but I dislike the two souls thing as I feel that is very cludgy. I love KM's description of sorcerer, but not his warlock sadly. [/QUOTE]
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