Is the Warlock going to kill the sorcerer and take his stuff?

[Imp]

You know, the warlock should probably take the sorcerer's name too. What I mean is:

"I've got a Wizard 2/ Warlock 3/ Warlord 4."
"Wait, is that a Wizard 2/ Warlord 3/ Warlock 4?"
"No it's a Wizard 3/ Warlord 2/ Warlord 4."
"What?"
"No, wait, let me check my sheet again."

I mean, that one thread that talked about the Wizard/Warlord landing a crit with a fireball confused me instantly, and the stupid game hasn't even come out yet. That's gonna be such an avoidable little headache.

 

[Scholar & Brutalman]

You know, the warlock should probably take the sorcerer's name too. What I mean is:

"I've got a Wizard 2/ Warlock 3/ Warlord 4."
"Wait, is that a Wizard 2/ Warlord 3/ Warlock 4?"

Obviously a Warforged character.

I think it'd be simpler if they renamed to Fighter the Warrior, the Wizard to Warmage, the Cleric to War Priest, the Paladin to War-Paladin, the Ranger to War Scout and the Rogue to Wargue. And the races to Warman, Warelf, Warf, Warfling, Warldrin and Warorc.

Everything would be much clearer then.

 

[Rechan]

It's interesting that after misconstruing something that I said plainly, you go straight to attempting to construe the subtext of something else I said.

I've played a few sorcerers and wizards, and they were alll pretty effective. I certainly never felt crippled.

It's interesting that you think that. I've had several sorcerers in my game and they've always been very ineffective.

 

[Rechan]

You know, the warlock should probably take the sorcerer's name too. What I mean is:

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I see what you're saying. Though honestly I prefer the name Warlock to the sorcerer, for one because I want to use sorcerer in an in character manner without confusing players/i].

"I'm a samurai."
"So where are your two ancestral blades?"
"No, I didn't take the Samurai CLASS, but I am a Samurai."
"How can you be a samurai without taking the class?"
"Paladin and monk."
"Then shouldn't you be a paladin/monk?"
"SHUT UP."

WotC keeps snatching up good adjectives for spellcasters. That, and warlock sounds more sinister.

 

[Imp]

Admittedly, it is a better argument for changing the Warlord's name to something else, but there seems to be a shortage of good ideas on that score, while there's tons of names out there for magician-types.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

The sorcerer class sucked, that's all I can say...

At least the Warlock offered something more unique as a class, and ended up getting more support than the sorcerer (not counting spells, which also belong to the wizard) did towards the end of 3e.

Anyways it's time to make a Warforged Warlock/Warlord...