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<blockquote data-quote="Pax" data-source="post: 818329" data-attributes="member: 6875">Overall, at the same level, a Sorceror and a Wizard are, generally, nicely balanced with ech other.Sorcerors have supreme tactical flexibility and staying power.Wizards, OTOH, have supreme strategic versatility.Each suffers where the other prevails....What I would do is, look for the sorts of spells you expect to cast OFTEN.&nbsp; See if you can shoehorn them into the number of spells you'd know as a Sorceror.&nbsp; If you can, Sorceror is probably the better choice.If not, Wizard is probably the better choice.For those spells you don't epect to cast very often, that's what wands, staves, and scrolls were made for!!!&nbsp; This is especially true if there is a Wizard in the party; s/he can keep you resupplied with needed scrolls, since the occasional-use spells will likely be &quot;rare circumstance oh crap we're hosed&quot; sorts of spells, anyway.&nbsp; Worst case, at market value, and you have a nigh-guaranteed source.Overall, aside from a High intelligence and/or buying scrolls and paying scribing costs, Wizards and Sorcerors, HONESTLY, will know the about 75% as many spells as a Wizard anyway ... well, not counting Cantrips.Sorcerors at 20th level know 34 non-cantrip spells.Wizards know 41 non-cantrip spells, plus their 1st-level Intelligence mod (start with 3+ mod, then add 2 per level).For a 14-Int Wizard, that's 43 noncantrip spells ... all of 9 more than the Sorceror knows.&nbsp; Anything else is essentially &quot;treasure&quot; ... found loot, bought goods, etc, but &quot;equipment&quot; nonetheless.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pax, post: 818329, member: 6875"] Overall, at the same level, a Sorceror and a Wizard are, generally, nicely balanced with ech other. Sorcerors have supreme tactical flexibility and staying power. Wizards, OTOH, have supreme strategic versatility. Each suffers where the other prevails. ... What I would do is, look for the sorts of spells you expect to cast OFTEN. See if you can shoehorn them into the number of spells you'd know as a Sorceror. If you can, Sorceror is probably the better choice. If not, Wizard is probably the better choice. For those spells you don't epect to cast very often, [i]that's what wands, staves, and [b]scrolls[/b] were made for!!![/i] This is especially true if there is a Wizard in the party; s/he can keep you resupplied with needed scrolls, since the occasional-use spells will likely be "rare circumstance [i]oh crap we're hosed[/i]" sorts of spells, anyway. Worst case, at market value, and you have a nigh-guaranteed source. Overall, aside from a High intelligence and/or buying scrolls and paying scribing costs, Wizards and Sorcerors, HONESTLY, will know the about 75% as many spells as a Wizard anyway ... well, not counting Cantrips. Sorcerors at 20th level know 34 non-cantrip spells. Wizards know 41 non-cantrip spells, plus their 1st-level Intelligence mod (start with 3+ mod, then add 2 per level). For a 14-Int Wizard, that's 43 noncantrip spells ... all of 9 more than the Sorceror knows. Anything else is essentially "treasure" ... found loot, bought goods, etc, but "equipment" nonetheless. [/QUOTE]

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