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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 7410393" data-attributes="member: 58172">The 5e wizard is a spontaneous spellcaster, thus obsoleting 3e sorcerer.The 5e sorcerer itself works better as a 5e wizard subclass, moreorless an evoker wizard that swaps spellbook for explosive elemental metamagic effects.The unfortunate problem with the sorcerer is its name, a flavor that denotes black magic and demonic spirits. ‘Sorcery’ is the technical name in anthropology for this kind of negative magic that derives from external spirits rather than from ones one self. A ‘witch’ is a more neutral term that can refer to any kind of magic, including innate magic. Names matter alot to me. The wrong name makes the wrong concept, and ceases to be appealing to me. Flavor gets baked into the mechanics. I deeply dislike and refuse to use mechanics that bake in the wrong flavor.Personally, I want a psion as a wizard subclass. I like the fact, a psion subclass opens up appropriate psychic flavor and telekinetic spells, even healing spells, for wizard concepts to select.The bard is already a great psychic and psychometabolic ‘psionic’ class. Unfortunately, the need for extensive telekinetic force spells feel inappropriate for the bard.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 7410393, member: 58172"] The 5e wizard is a spontaneous spellcaster, thus obsoleting 3e sorcerer. The 5e sorcerer itself works better as a 5e wizard subclass, moreorless an evoker wizard that swaps spellbook for explosive elemental metamagic effects. The unfortunate problem with the sorcerer is its name, a flavor that denotes black magic and demonic spirits. ‘Sorcery’ is the technical name in anthropology for this kind of negative magic that derives from external spirits rather than from ones one self. A ‘witch’ is a more neutral term that can refer to any kind of magic, including innate magic. Names matter alot to me. The wrong name makes the wrong concept, and ceases to be appealing to me. Flavor gets baked into the mechanics. I deeply dislike and refuse to use mechanics that bake in the wrong flavor. Personally, I want a psion as a wizard subclass. I like the fact, a psion subclass opens up appropriate psychic flavor and telekinetic spells, even healing spells, for wizard concepts to select. The bard is already a great psychic and psychometabolic ‘psionic’ class. Unfortunately, the need for extensive telekinetic force spells feel inappropriate for the bard. [/QUOTE]

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