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What’s the difference between sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards?
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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson Longinus" data-source="post: 9742697" data-attributes="member: 7025508"><p>Sorcerer and Warlock subclass thematics are very similar. It is just whether the thing was a patron or an ancestor. I don't think we need to have different classes and subclasses for demonpact/demonblood, feypact/feyblood dragonpact/dragonblood etc. Thematically it is a caster with that flavour of magic. And the fluff distinction between sorcerer and warlock is basically non-existent. Sorcerer actually does no need to be born with magic like many people seem to thing, they can be bestowed with magic later in life by a powerful entity just like a warlock. 2014 PHB:</p><p></p><p><em>"Some sorcerers can’t name the origin of their</em></p><p><em>power, while others trace it to strange events in their</em></p><p><em>own lives. <strong>The touch of a demon, the blessing of a</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>dryad at a baby’s birth</strong>, or a taste o f the water from</em></p><p><em>a mysterious spring might spark the gift of sorcery.</em></p><p><em>So too might <strong>the gift of a deity of magic,</strong> exposure</em></p><p><em>to the elemental forces o f the Inner Planes or the</em></p><p><em>maddening chaos of Limbo, or a glimpse into the</em></p><p><em>inner workings of reality."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"Most often, sorcerers with this origin trace their descent</em></p><p><em>back to a mighty sorcerer of ancient times <strong>who made a</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>bargain with a dragon</strong> or who might even have claimed</em></p><p><em>a dragon parent."</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crimson Longinus, post: 9742697, member: 7025508"] Sorcerer and Warlock subclass thematics are very similar. It is just whether the thing was a patron or an ancestor. I don't think we need to have different classes and subclasses for demonpact/demonblood, feypact/feyblood dragonpact/dragonblood etc. Thematically it is a caster with that flavour of magic. And the fluff distinction between sorcerer and warlock is basically non-existent. Sorcerer actually does no need to be born with magic like many people seem to thing, they can be bestowed with magic later in life by a powerful entity just like a warlock. 2014 PHB: [I]"Some sorcerers can’t name the origin of their power, while others trace it to strange events in their own lives. [B]The touch of a demon, the blessing of a dryad at a baby’s birth[/B], or a taste o f the water from a mysterious spring might spark the gift of sorcery. So too might [B]the gift of a deity of magic,[/B] exposure to the elemental forces o f the Inner Planes or the maddening chaos of Limbo, or a glimpse into the inner workings of reality." "Most often, sorcerers with this origin trace their descent back to a mighty sorcerer of ancient times [B]who made a bargain with a dragon[/B] or who might even have claimed a dragon parent."[/I] [/QUOTE]
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