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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Volund" data-source="post: 7109079" data-attributes="member: 6872597">I am currently playing a 4th level draconic sorcerer and overall I like it a lot. Some quibbles:They are the only full caster class without ritual casting (bard, cleric, druid, warlock, wizard)They are the only arcane casters without access to a damned familiar (bard, EK, AT, warlock, wizard)Yes I know that these issues can be worked around with feats.On to my major gripe: Arcane Recovery lets wizards do something for free that sorcerers have to use SP to do. Since the sorcerer's entire cantrip and spell list is a subset of the wizard's, and there are no unique sorcerer spells, it's natural to compare sorcerers to wizards, and I think they would compare favorably if it weren't for wizard's Arcane Recovery. Arcane Recovery creates a classic case of a D&D resource tax in that I have this resource - SP - that ostensibly is there to make sorcerers unique and flexible through the use of metamagic, but in actuality I am forced to spend it on something else in order to keep up with the power output of a similar class. In game terms, SP is the currency that quantifies the unique abilities of sorcerers vis a vis wizards. So in terms of SP, how much extra can a sorcerer do that a wizard can't? Anywhere from 1 SP at 4th level up to 6 SP at 20th level. For example, at 4th level a wizard would use Arcane Recovery after a short rest to recover one 2nd level spell slot. My sorcerer can spend 3 of his 4 SP to also recover a 2nd level slot as a bonus action. These two actions are a wash in terms of spell power output, and after that I am left with 1 SP to use to quicken a spell. So in effect, the payoff for my sorcerer having to use the truncated list of wizard spells is that 1) I can use a bonus action instead of a short rest to recover a spell slot, and 2) once per day I can quicken a first level spell to a bonus action and then still have my action to do something else like cast a cantrip. Maybe I will feel less burdened by the Arcane Recovery tax once I am higher level and have access to spells that are more beneficial to twin, esp at 4th level (Banishment, Greater Invisibility, Polymorph). I would reduce or eliminate the Arcane Recovery tax and create a more separation between the two classes by doing one of the following:1) Get rid of Arcane Recovery (This ain't happening)2) Give the sorcerer something akin to Action Surge.Arcane Surge: on your turn, you can take an additional action to recover one spell slot and immediately use it to cast a sorcerer spell without using SP. You cannot use this feature again until you finish a long rest. You can use this feature twice between long rests starting at 17th level. I don't think is terribly OP, but an alternate version could use a bonus action instead.3) Restoring the Font: Once per day when you finish a short rest, you can choose to recover expended SP equal to or less than half your sorcerer level (rounded up).I bet wild magic sorcerer is at the bottom of class archetype rankings by popularity. I haven't ever been in a game with one. I would suggest giving Wild Magic sorcerers some control over their surges by letting them use their reaction to roll on the table whenever they take damage, up to a number of times per day equal to their Cha mod (sort of like Tempest cleric's Wrath of the Storm).</blockquote>

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