Flexor the Mighty!
18/100 Strength!
The Sorcerer is an abomination!
Sorcerer's have poisoned my soul!!!
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drnuncheon
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I heartily recommend the Guild Wizard PrC when you get to that point. One of the most frustrating things about being a wizard is realizing that you didn't memorize the proper spell for a situation - but with the Spellpool, you can (often) just reach out and grab it! I'm playing one now and enjoying it greatly.
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Magic Missile
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I vote we form AASS: Arcanists against sorcerous spellcasters! Versatility over quantity! INT over CHA! Down with full round metamagics!
*proudly dons AASS t-shirt*
*proudly dons AASS t-shirt*
Shard O'Glase
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sorcerers rule wizards drool. Sreiously I think wizards may have a slight edge on wizards(though I suspect specializaiton sucks in 3.5 the more i think about it yeesh two schools each about as valuabel as the one your specializing in) but in all honestly I'm just too freakin lazy to play a wizard or other spell prep type anymore.
Magic Missile
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I vote we form AASS: Arcanists against sorcerous spellcasters! Versatility over quantity! INT over CHA! Down with full round metamagics!
*proudly dons AASS t-shirt*
*proudly dons AASS t-shirt*
While I may have come out in favor of wizards, that was largely due to his wanting to play a wizard.
I just made me up an elf sorcerer type. Really low wisdom, thinks he's a fighter. Carries around his rapier. I'm thinking mage armor and ray of enfeeblement for first level ...
Wait, I'm hijacking. Sorry.
Um.... yeah, sorcerors are better as adventurers. I see Wizards as the guys who sit in there tower reading and crafting, becoming ever more powerful...
while sorcerers go about in the world, learning about it and primarily themselves, casting spells out of there own soul...
So, if you like Sauruman, play a wizard.
And if you like Gandalf, play a sorcerer.
Hey, that's not a bad analogy. I may have to use it later...
I just made me up an elf sorcerer type. Really low wisdom, thinks he's a fighter. Carries around his rapier. I'm thinking mage armor and ray of enfeeblement for first level ...
Wait, I'm hijacking. Sorry.
Um.... yeah, sorcerors are better as adventurers. I see Wizards as the guys who sit in there tower reading and crafting, becoming ever more powerful...
while sorcerers go about in the world, learning about it and primarily themselves, casting spells out of there own soul...
So, if you like Sauruman, play a wizard.
And if you like Gandalf, play a sorcerer.
Hey, that's not a bad analogy. I may have to use it later...
genshou
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Sorcerers rock... so do wizards
Myself, I am a BIG TIME D&D player, so big that I have taken several tests and figured out MY OWN ability scores, and created myself as a character in D&D 3E, Star Wars, Wheel of Time, and (lately) d20 Modern. On a whim, I created myself as a wizard instead of the rogue/ranger that I really am (I focused on kidney shots and pressure points for the first fifteen years of my life, and then sorta started loving the outdoors, fighting with two weapons, etc.). And it's pure coincidence that I ended up so close to D&D classes. The first time I read rogue/ranger when I first started playing D&D a few years ago, I could only say "that's me..."
Well, back to the topic way back there, for a FRCS campaign I played myself as a wizard who picked up shadow adept as early as possible, went straight shadow adept up to 10th-level, then started levels in ninja of the crescent moon. Frankly speaking, I kicked ass. Other than that, I've never played a wizard. And I love them already.
Now I've played sorcerers. A lot of sorcerers. My OWN ability scores make either an optimum choice (Int and Cha both 17), but I prefer playing a more spontaneous character myself. I also discovered a neat trick. The Arcane Preparation feat allows a sorcerer to choose to prepare spells beforehand. Its main use is for metamagic feats, but I discovered a greater use. It allows the sorcerer to qualify for Mage of the Arcane order. I now have the only sorcerer in the organization, and he is known simply as The Sorcerous Regent. If your DM allows it, you could do the same thing with FR guildmages. Now the main advantage with this is that the sorcerer's spell slots are essentially ALL unprepared spells, and now the sorcerer has the spellpool, giving him access to any spell, given a relatively insignificant time. And he can pay off the spellpool debt a lot easier. All the advantages of the sorcerer and wizard in one, excepting feats, since the prestige class only grants TWO bonus. Still, it's an advantage over the normal sorcerer who gets 0 bonus feats.
One more big point for sorcerers. "You can steal my component pouch (I have the ability to 'Eschew Materials'), but I neither have nor need a spellbook to be stolen!"
All in all, I'd rather play a sorcerer, but understand that the two classes are just as powerful, just in a different style.
Myself, I am a BIG TIME D&D player, so big that I have taken several tests and figured out MY OWN ability scores, and created myself as a character in D&D 3E, Star Wars, Wheel of Time, and (lately) d20 Modern. On a whim, I created myself as a wizard instead of the rogue/ranger that I really am (I focused on kidney shots and pressure points for the first fifteen years of my life, and then sorta started loving the outdoors, fighting with two weapons, etc.). And it's pure coincidence that I ended up so close to D&D classes. The first time I read rogue/ranger when I first started playing D&D a few years ago, I could only say "that's me..."
Well, back to the topic way back there, for a FRCS campaign I played myself as a wizard who picked up shadow adept as early as possible, went straight shadow adept up to 10th-level, then started levels in ninja of the crescent moon. Frankly speaking, I kicked ass. Other than that, I've never played a wizard. And I love them already.
Now I've played sorcerers. A lot of sorcerers. My OWN ability scores make either an optimum choice (Int and Cha both 17), but I prefer playing a more spontaneous character myself. I also discovered a neat trick. The Arcane Preparation feat allows a sorcerer to choose to prepare spells beforehand. Its main use is for metamagic feats, but I discovered a greater use. It allows the sorcerer to qualify for Mage of the Arcane order. I now have the only sorcerer in the organization, and he is known simply as The Sorcerous Regent. If your DM allows it, you could do the same thing with FR guildmages. Now the main advantage with this is that the sorcerer's spell slots are essentially ALL unprepared spells, and now the sorcerer has the spellpool, giving him access to any spell, given a relatively insignificant time. And he can pay off the spellpool debt a lot easier. All the advantages of the sorcerer and wizard in one, excepting feats, since the prestige class only grants TWO bonus. Still, it's an advantage over the normal sorcerer who gets 0 bonus feats.
One more big point for sorcerers. "You can steal my component pouch (I have the ability to 'Eschew Materials'), but I neither have nor need a spellbook to be stolen!"
All in all, I'd rather play a sorcerer, but understand that the two classes are just as powerful, just in a different style.
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