Lonely Tylenol
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I've been doing a lot of thinking about spellcasters lately, and specifically the sorcerer/wizard differences. The big advantage to being a wizard is the diversity of spellbook, but usually once you cast something you're "fire-and-forget", so if something doesn't work or is poorly timed, you've lost the opportunity to use it to good effect. Sorcerers have limited capacity, but can keep plugging until it works, and they often work with reliable synergies between spells...which brings me to my point.
The sorcerer needs to carefully select spells to make maximal use of their limited spell list, choosing spells that will have a variety of applications and perhaps synergize in different ways with different other spells. This takes come consideration and a good working knowledge of a wide variety of spells at different levels, contrary to the notion that a sorcerer is a "beginner's wizard," something which I have heard said about them since once spells are selected the choices for action are narrowed.
My question to the room is this, what interesting (especially "nontraditional") sorcerer spell selections have you had success with? What spells are often overlooked but turn out to be excellent? What synergies have you uncovered? Are there any must-haves lurking in the Complete series that the world should know about? Post your excellent sorcerer "loadouts" here.
The sorcerer needs to carefully select spells to make maximal use of their limited spell list, choosing spells that will have a variety of applications and perhaps synergize in different ways with different other spells. This takes come consideration and a good working knowledge of a wide variety of spells at different levels, contrary to the notion that a sorcerer is a "beginner's wizard," something which I have heard said about them since once spells are selected the choices for action are narrowed.
My question to the room is this, what interesting (especially "nontraditional") sorcerer spell selections have you had success with? What spells are often overlooked but turn out to be excellent? What synergies have you uncovered? Are there any must-haves lurking in the Complete series that the world should know about? Post your excellent sorcerer "loadouts" here.
