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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Delandel" data-source="post: 4996896" data-attributes="member: 81364">Focused Specialist Evoker vs. Sorcerer boils down to this:- spell progression one level faster, a bonus feat, more spells known, and more skill pointsvs.- 3 more schools of magic and access to the best blaster spell (Wings of Flurry) at level 8If I was making a level 8+ blaster, I'd definitely go with sorcerer here. d6 uncapped CL, area effect, and painful debuff that can't hurt allies is NUTS. But what am I supposed to do for levels 5-7? Your blasting options are frankly awful at this range. Toss a seeking ray for 14 damage average? A core fighter easily does better than that, and indefinitely. A warblade... Let's not go there.I agree, you only need one or two blasting spells to get the job done, the rest should be standalone good spells. That's what I'm trying to do with an arcane thesis'd Scorching Ray. I'm busting out good (I think?) damage at every level with one spell, but I also have enough spell slots for things like Glitterdust, Mirror Image, Enlarge Person, and the likes.In fact, I'd argue a focused specialist has even more versatility than a sorcerer even with 3 schools banned. At level 5, he has two 3rd level spells known simply from leveling. At level 5, a sorcerer knows none. At level 6, the wizard knows four 3rd level spells. At level 6, the sorcerer knows one. What's the point of having all the schools available to you if you have such a meager amount of spells known? I bet you I can cherry pick more great spells as a focused specialist for every spell slot, even with only 5 schools available, than a sorcerer can with all 8 schools.The extra feat is just insult to injury.</blockquote>

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