D&D 5E what is difference between Wizard, Sorcerer and Warlock?

[Falcon10275]

what heck is the difference between these 3 characters?

Wizard, Sorcerer, Warlock ?

 

[Evenglare]

WIzards study tomes and arcane lore for magic. Sorcerers posses it innately. Warlocks make pacts with other worldly entities for their power.

 

[Falcon10275]

what does all that stuff mean?

 

[Paraxis]

Mechanically;
Warlocks spam eldritch blast over and over again augmented by invocations, and get their spells back during short rests.
Sorcerers augment spells with sorcery points to give them twists to fit the situation.
Wizards specialize in one of the eight schools of magic and focus on that.

 

[Falcon10275]

huh?

 

[pkt77242]

huh?

So lets start at the basics, have you actually read the PHB? If not start there, if you have then be more specific about what you specifically want answered.

 

[Grimstaff]

huh?

lmao

 

[Falcon10275]

some of these terms are like a foreign language to me. I dont know an eldridth from a blast from a spam to an tome.

 

[MoonSong]

what does all that stuff mean?

Imagine three students, one studies very hard for the tests, another one is extremely lucky and aleays guesses the right answer or knows it by intuition and the last one sleeps with the teacher. All three pass for different reasons

Wizards are bookworms. Sorcerers are magical creatures. Warlocks wield a power not of their own.

Wizards are flexible and can prepare for anything. Sorcerers are forced to adapt the few tools they've got and Warlocks are at the whim of whatever entity gives them power.

 

[Remathilis]

The number of pew pews you get per day.