Sorcerer in PHB II: Rich Baker says a little

[Mort_Q]

I just hope the leave out any and all references to bloodlines.

 

[Rechan]

Excellent. Another Arcane controller. Odds are we'll also get a Psionic Controller and a Primal controller.

(And a Divine controller too. That would be cool).

I like controllers.

 

[djdaidouji]

A controller in DnD is like a controller on an xbox. Slow, weak, and doesn't do exactly whats promised, but heavy enough that you can pick it up and use it to bludgeon the guy beside you.

I think the new Sorc is going to be a cross between Wizard and Wilder. You don't get the fire armor effect immediately, you need to do the wilder thing (I lost my PsH a long time ago) to get the effect. And I think we should hope for more then just self-affecting bonuses; perhaps extended spell effects, or just simply extra effects partially unrelated to the original spell.

 

[Stogoe]

I think I'd prefer the sorcerer be a Primal controller. But who knows? Maybe moving it to Arcane opens up space for a spirits-shaman-y primal controller. But then again, why would two primal controllers be a bad thing and two arcane controllers be a good thing?

 

[Rechan]

I think by Wild Magery, he means the Wild Mage from 2e. You know, the "Cast a spell and it might have a weird effect".

Although a Psionic Handbook style wilder (that doesn't suck) + Wild mage would be very intriguing.

I think I'd prefer the sorcerer be a Primal controller. But who knows? Maybe moving it to Arcane opens up space for a spirits-shaman-y primal controller. But then again, why would two primal controllers be a bad thing and two arcane controllers be a good thing?

Dollars to donuts the Shaman is a leader. I suspect the Primal controller will likely be doing things like earthquakes/Entangles/tidal waves and such "Nature based large effects". But I think there's room for more than one primal controller, sure. I think one that summons hordes of animals would be really cool. "Locusts, ATTACK!"

 

[kennew142]

I personally hated the whole dragon bestiality thing. I'm hoping it's gone in 4e. That was some rank fluff I never used and never will.

 

[Sojorn]

Well from what we know from Races and Classes. Sorcerers have secondary effects from their Spells, but it comes in different forms that show the lack of control they have/how much magic is part of them.

One example was after firing a fireball, the sorcerer is engulfed in magical flames that scorch enemies that attack the sorcerer.

That's pretty nifty.

Inconvenient for entertaining guests though.

 

[Gundark]

sounds interesting

 

[LordArchaon]

I personally hated the whole dragon bestiality thing. I'm hoping it's gone in 4e. That was some rank fluff I never used and never will.

Well they surely can come up with something better on the "official side", but myself I think I'm gonna continue the bloodline way, right for the bestiality: it's good in a gritty world like mine to get the characters discover there's a whole fey-rape-industry in rich empires in order to replenish the ranks of the sorcerers, especially when they're the only kind of arcane spellcasters, since magic hasn't found a way to be written yet... Yes, in my world, the Wizard was the only banned class.

 

[Scribble]

That's pretty nifty.

Inconvenient for entertaining guests though.

ummm remind me never to be a guest of yours if you think fireballing me would entertain me...