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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 60811" data-attributes="member: 2011"><p>My problem has nothing to do with the rules.</p><p></p><p>My problem has to do with the single non-1E class (e.g. Barbarians showed up in a supplement book) taking center stage multiple times in two consecutive modules that are supposed to have a 1E feel.</p><p></p><p>Many posters claimed that the Sorcerer does have a 1E feel. They are entitled to their opinion, but I do not really buy that. If you say that your Magic-User from 1E had to still study spells, had to still study multiple offensive spells to have them, and had a boatload of spells to choose from, then you are talking about a 3E Wizard, not a 3E Sorcerer. If you are talking about a 1E Magic-User who could pick and choose which spells he could cast on the fly (like some house rules for some 1E campaigns), then you are still not talking about a 3E Sorcerer due to the wide spell selection, nor are you talking core 1E rules.</p><p></p><p>When you face a Sorcerer and when you face a Wizard, the feel is totally different after several rounds. The Sorcerer tends to consistently pull out spells that should work in the situation and often casts the same spell on multiple rounds. The Wizard starts running out of "good for this situation spells" and rarely casts the same spell twice, so he tends to cast peripheral spells which are nearly as good or which try to solve a given problem in a different, non-direct manner. YMMV.</p><p></p><p>The fact that Rob converted them from 1E Magic-Users to 3E Sorcerers should also say something since 3E Sorcerers are unlike 1E Magic-Users with the exception of which spells they cast. It means that he purposely avoided making them 3E Wizards, although the 3E Wizard is directly derived from the 1E Magic-User.</p><p></p><p>To me, having nothing both Sorcerers in a series (so far) is like having a 1E feel oriental adventure that has multiple Iaijutsu Masters in it, but not a single Monk. It just does not feel like 1E with respect to this single facet. JMO.</p><p></p><p>But, it has zip to do with the rules.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 60811, member: 2011"] My problem has nothing to do with the rules. My problem has to do with the single non-1E class (e.g. Barbarians showed up in a supplement book) taking center stage multiple times in two consecutive modules that are supposed to have a 1E feel. Many posters claimed that the Sorcerer does have a 1E feel. They are entitled to their opinion, but I do not really buy that. If you say that your Magic-User from 1E had to still study spells, had to still study multiple offensive spells to have them, and had a boatload of spells to choose from, then you are talking about a 3E Wizard, not a 3E Sorcerer. If you are talking about a 1E Magic-User who could pick and choose which spells he could cast on the fly (like some house rules for some 1E campaigns), then you are still not talking about a 3E Sorcerer due to the wide spell selection, nor are you talking core 1E rules. When you face a Sorcerer and when you face a Wizard, the feel is totally different after several rounds. The Sorcerer tends to consistently pull out spells that should work in the situation and often casts the same spell on multiple rounds. The Wizard starts running out of "good for this situation spells" and rarely casts the same spell twice, so he tends to cast peripheral spells which are nearly as good or which try to solve a given problem in a different, non-direct manner. YMMV. The fact that Rob converted them from 1E Magic-Users to 3E Sorcerers should also say something since 3E Sorcerers are unlike 1E Magic-Users with the exception of which spells they cast. It means that he purposely avoided making them 3E Wizards, although the 3E Wizard is directly derived from the 1E Magic-User. To me, having nothing both Sorcerers in a series (so far) is like having a 1E feel oriental adventure that has multiple Iaijutsu Masters in it, but not a single Monk. It just does not feel like 1E with respect to this single facet. JMO. But, it has zip to do with the rules. [/QUOTE]
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