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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lonely Tylenol" data-source="post: 2636967" data-attributes="member: 18549">I keep seeing this argument in these Wizard/Sorcerer threads: that the wizard's need to choose his spells is some kind of disadvantage compared to the sorcerer who doesn't need to choose his spells.  I really can't understand this logic.  Certainly, it is a problem if you choose the wrong spells that day.  But it is even more of a problem if you lack the ability to choose your spells for that day at all.  A forewarned wizard can alter his spell selection.  A forewarned sorcerer cannot.  Neither a surprised wizard nor a surprised sorcerer can alter their spell selections.  Advantage: wizard.Not being able to choose your spells each day is not an advantage.  Don't get me wrong: I like sorcerers, but this argument is quite common here and on the WotC boards, and it just doesn't make sense.  The sorcerer loses out with regard to flexibility.  He simply cannot adapt his spell selection to suit a problem.  If he can "work within his spell list, being creative and squeezing every advantage out of his spells," then so can a wizard whose spellbook includes the sorcerer's list.  Creativity and resourcefulness are not the exclusive province of sorcerers.Sorcerers have other advantages, but flexibility is not their forte.</blockquote>