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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Merlion" data-source="post: 2634099" data-attributes="member: 10397">Sorcerers are underpowered when compared to other casters. They are also ill concieved in many ways. The power of a spellcaster lies largely (thats largely, not totally) in versatility, and sorcerers are by far the least versatile of spellcasters due to their absurdly tiny number of spells known.Yea, they can cast more spells than the wizard but generally, especially once you get out of low levels, that doesnt help much. Especially in the context of combat. A Sorcerer and a Wizard each get exactly the same number of actions per round.  Not really. a 20th level Sorcerer knows 34 spells, not counting Cantrips. a 20th level Wizard, starting out with a 15 or 16 Int and never spending any money on spells at all (which would never actually happen realistically) will know 43 or 44 spells. not counting cantrips. And the big thing about it is, the Wizard will always have access to way more of his highest level spells, much faster. Not only are Sorcerers delayed a level in spell aqquasition, even once they gain a new spell level, they only know a single spell of that level. Wizards gain access to a spell level a level early, and can automatically learn 2 spells of that level, and two more the next level. And lets not even get into comparing the Sorcerer with the Divine casters and their automatic spell access. Sorcerers arent unplayable. They are not as underpowered as the Cleric is overpowered. And for some they are great...a person who wants to play a caster who is mainly artilary for instance, or someone who wants some arcane magic with no bookeeping or complicated spells. But I find most people who want to play a caster want it for the versatility, which the sorcerer doesnt have. Sure he can cast on the fly. But sadly, he has very little to cast.Also, the Wizard and the Sorcerer are mostly redundant. They have different flavour text, and cast differently, but have exactly the same spell list and are otherwise mostly identical...spellcasters with nothing else.</blockquote>

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