What do YOU do with sorcerors?

[Lizard Lips]

I don't like WoTC's explanation that a bunch of randy polymorphing dragons are responsible with seeding the world with sorcerors. I'm looking for some other explanation for them in my campaign and was hoping I could get some inspiration from you fine folks.

So, what's the explanation for sorcerors in your campaign?

 

[MythandLore]

What do YOU do with sorcerors?

Grind them into a tasty paste, the base for a yummy stew.

 

[BiggusGeekus]

Nuts. MythandLore beat me to the joke.

Yeah, it does seem like those dragons have a thing for naked apes.

But in all seriousness, it depends on your campiagn. For me, I let elves and the like choose sorceror as their preferred class due to their magical heritage. Others may be people who were near a scene of great magial power, those who were born under the right stars, or someone who was brought back from the dead.

 

[Tsyr]

In my campagin world, if a polymorphed dragon breeds with a mortal, you get a half dragon for the first generation, and then the bloodline dies out unless the halfdragon mates with another halfdragon.

Sorcerers and Druids in my campagin world merged into one class. There isn't an easy "why" though... Druids (What the combined class is called, though the spell list is closer to a sorcs, as is casting, arcane, etc...) are just people randomly born with the ability to use magic, as opposed to having to condition themselves and learn how. It's a very rare gift, though.

 

[Psion]

I assume that most of the variations presented in the sorcerer issue of the dragon last year are possibilities. Dragon blood is one of them, but the character might have also been fey-touched, the result of a magical experiment, or communed with outsiders. One thing is sure, though: Sorcerers didn't exist among humans more that 300 years prior to my current campaign time.

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

"Sorcerers, I can't see as like those dodgy 'ards. Always runnin' around blastin' decent folk with bloody magic missles and such. Don't much care if they was born of dragons or some other god awful thing, thats thier buisness, if you catch my meaning.
Really so long as they ain't poisonin' mi'lords grog again, I suppose they can do as they please, after all who am I to stop em."

 

[Fenes]

In my campaign, any being with inherent magical abilities among his ancestors may qualify for sorcerer - dragon, genie, elementals etc. Elves alone don't qualify - you have to have inherent magical abilities, not just a taste for wizardry. A Drow ancestor may qualify as well.

My own sorceress hails from Calimshan, and has somewhere among her ancestors an Efreeti, which will have some consequences in-game.

 

[Number47]

In my campaign, dragons were created from shards of Godstones (long story). They are not a race, per se, but pure immortal energies in living form. Sorcerors are people who, for whatever reason, are born with a tiny speck of a Godstone inside themselves. So sorcerors are related to dragons, but not in any biological sense.

 

[Crothian]

In my campaign there is no actuall known reason. Some say it's because of Dragon Blood, some say they person has been blessed or curse, some say it's an aberation caused by the uncontroled use of magic in the area.

 

[RangerWickett]

About 3000 years ago, you only had wizards (who can cast any spell, but have to know it and prepare it), and a few clerics or druids (members of orders that advocated only certain types of spellcraft, and a greater emphasis on eithe religion or nature).

Then lots of bad stuff happened. Demons and celestials crossing the land, a huge war with an artifact that could mass teleport at will, and the first actual death of a dragon. All these things led to massive amounts of magical power filling the continent of Trema. Exposed individuals gained some minor powers, and their children and further descendants have inherited some of this power. Still, most spellcasters in the world are wizards, but a fair share of people have at least some touch of sorcery, but nothing they have the power or inclination to develop.

And there are still the options of being affected by fey or dragons and gained magical powers from them, and some of those who are controlled by the Trillith later develop telepathic powers, but whichever way you come across your power, sorcery always reflects the origin of that power.

Except in one case, but she's special.