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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Someone" data-source="post: 5994487" data-attributes="member: 5656">You don't want to attack in melee with the draconic sorc - you want to go full spellcaster. The melee options, like the Draconic strength are trap choices; it's much better to use a shield and Shocking grasp as your weapon of choice. This allows you to ignore Str as a stat and concentrate on better ones, defensive and skill wise. You miss your +2 damage when you spend 3 Willpower, but that's all.Then you choose Shield as one of your 1st level spells, and go to town. 3 times per day at level 1 your AC is 2 higher than the sword and board fighter's (reaching 19, meaning even the most accurate monsters in the bestiary need a 15 to hit you) and your damage is on par, assuming he only uses his CS die for damage. On top of that you can choose something for crowd control, like Burning hands or Cause fear. Not much of a choice here, since you'll get all 1st level spell on the list at level 3. Later the fighter wins just at melee attack with better accuracy and more and better CS dice, but by this point the Sorc can spam Shield, Burning Hands, Ghoul Touch or Melf's. The comparison would be more one sided if the sorc got the really good spells.</blockquote>