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<blockquote data-quote="Paul Farquhar" data-source="post: 9674089" data-attributes="member: 6906155">The sorcerer was only added to the game because players wanted to play wizards but found prepared casting too complicated. And it was made a charisma based caster because at the time charisma was an underutilised stat. When prepared casting was dropped from the game it became obsolete. And now it is squatting in the design space needed by the mechanically similar but thematically and narratively distinct Psion. Not to mention contributing to the excessive number of charisma based casters in 5e.Obviously, sorcerer can't be deleted mid edition, but if it allowed to exist in parallel with the psion for a time, then it could be axed in 6e, with psion taking it's place. At that time psion spell list could be separated further from the wizard, with the wizard loosing most of its psychic spells. The sorcerer subclasses could be divied up between wizard, warlock, bard and psion, so nothing is lost overall.Aberrant Mind -&gt; PsionDivine Soul -&gt; Warlock (merged with celestial) or BardDraconic -&gt; Warlock (dragon patron)Lunar -&gt; WizardShadow -&gt; WizardStorm -&gt; BardWild -&gt; Wizard</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Paul Farquhar, post: 9674089, member: 6906155"] The sorcerer was only added to the game because players wanted to play wizards but found prepared casting too complicated. And it was made a charisma based caster because at the time charisma was an underutilised stat. When prepared casting was dropped from the game it became obsolete. And now it is squatting in the design space needed by the mechanically similar but thematically and narratively distinct Psion. Not to mention contributing to the excessive number of charisma based casters in 5e. Obviously, sorcerer can't be deleted mid edition, but if it allowed to exist in parallel with the psion for a time, then it could be axed in 6e, with psion taking it's place. At that time psion spell list could be separated further from the wizard, with the wizard loosing most of its psychic spells. The sorcerer subclasses could be divied up between wizard, warlock, bard and psion, so nothing is lost overall. Aberrant Mind -> Psion Divine Soul -> Warlock (merged with celestial) or Bard Draconic -> Warlock (dragon patron) Lunar -> Wizard Shadow -> Wizard Storm -> Bard Wild -> Wizard [/QUOTE]

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