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<blockquote data-quote="Belgarath" data-source="post: 960538" data-attributes="member: 3418">the sorcerer is a dudI voted for the sorcerer for 3e. The only class i dislike more is the Psion, but it is not from the core book. I have a number of reasons for this1) there is nothing particularly unique about the class. The cast the same spells as wizards and even have the same familiar ability. Even there ability to cast spells on the fly is shared by the bard.2) the limited number of spells that a sorcerer may cast. This is made worse by the fact that once it has been taken it is forever yours and may not be changed for any reason (by the core rules). This limits the spells you may take by quite a bit.3) The spell progression table. The other major spell casters are getting a new spell level a level lower than the sorcerer, i.e. a sorcerer has to wait until 4th level until he gets a 2nd level spell. The other major caster (cleric, druid, and wizard) recieve 2nd level spells at 3rd.Now dont get me wrong, I like the idea behind a sorcerer. I could deal with it if they gave the class something completely unique to the sorcerer and changed either of the other two.&nbsp; At least give them the ability to swap spells somehow. I heard this is happening in 3.5As far as 3.5 goes, I have not been keeping up with all of the changes, so I cannot make a proper choice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Belgarath, post: 960538, member: 3418"] [b]the sorcerer is a dud[/b] I voted for the sorcerer for 3e. The only class i dislike more is the Psion, but it is not from the core book. I have a number of reasons for this 1) there is nothing particularly unique about the class. The cast the same spells as wizards and even have the same familiar ability. Even there ability to cast spells on the fly is shared by the bard. 2) the limited number of spells that a sorcerer may cast. This is made worse by the fact that once it has been taken it is forever yours and may not be changed for any reason (by the core rules). This limits the spells you may take by quite a bit. 3) The spell progression table. The other major spell casters are getting a new spell level a level lower than the sorcerer, i.e. a sorcerer has to wait until 4th level until he gets a 2nd level spell. The other major caster (cleric, druid, and wizard) recieve 2nd level spells at 3rd. Now dont get me wrong, I like the idea behind a sorcerer. I could deal with it if they gave the class something completely unique to the sorcerer and changed either of the other two. At least give them the ability to swap spells somehow. I heard this is happening in 3.5 As far as 3.5 goes, I have not been keeping up with all of the changes, so I cannot make a proper choice. [/QUOTE]

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