Minis Handbook...What about the warmage?

[LGodamus]

it says the warmage cast spells in a similar manner to a sorceror but never gives a table to show how many spells one might know......but it does have its own spell list. SO, does a warmage know all the warmage spells and cast spontaneously from them or does he gain a certain amount known ala the sorceror?.....

 

[MeepoTheMighty]

He knows all the warmage spells and casts them spontaneously. He'll end up knowing more spells than a sorceror, but is pretty much only limited to dealing damage.

 

[Gez]

I would have thought he would use the sorcerer spell known table. (This option would have the advantage of integrating more easily spells from other sources on the warmage spell-list without broking balance too much.)

 

[LGodamus]

meepo i suspect that you are correct, after seeing the advanced knowledge special ability......hmmm wonder how balanced that is?

 

[MeepoTheMighty]

I think it's pretty balanced. Damage is just damage, after all, and having 8 ways to damage an enemy isn't all that more overpowered than having a couple ways. Not only will the warmage never be able to learn useful spells like mage armor, haste, or invisibility, he can't even use them off scrolls or wands. He might be a little more powerful than the sorceror, but the sorceror is pretty underpowered, if you ask me.

The Favored Soul, on the other hand, is a munchkin's wet dream.