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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Rasputin" data-source="post: 1619739" data-attributes="member: 8410">I'll go with sorcerer, though with some notes.I play a monk, and have played this character for some time. At one point, he was having incredible trouble reaching 4th level -- he died 3 times with just enough XP to reach 4th, but was raised back to the midpoint of 3rd level. However, once the character reached 4th level for good and we converted to 3.5e, things have been fine. However, I can see everyone's point. The 3.5e conversion let me drop the useless Stunning Miss (we never, ever saw enemy arcane spellcasters and my monk's Stunning Fist never, ever worked) for Improved Grapple, which gave some more versatility. Plus, after awhile, his movement was just ungodly ... never underestimate what that does.Bards ... you know, I can see this choice too. The bard's ability to buff everyone else is limited by his buffs being, well, kinda lame. Still, he has a ton of options.Sorcerers have never given me a reason to ever want to play a single-classed one. The loss of versatility versus the wizard is a big loss. Biggest loss? Scribe Scroll. It's useless for a sorcerer, but it enhances the wizard greatly, letting him have access to seldom-used spells in a fight.However, sorcerers make great NPC spellcasters, guys who just show up and fling fireball a few times before dying. Basically they weaken the PCs enough for the melee combatants to take them out. And they work pretty good in multiclass combos -- if you need but a level or two of spellcaster, sorcerer is your best bet, since you probably only need a couple of spells anyways.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Rasputin, post: 1619739, member: 8410"] I'll go with sorcerer, though with some notes. I play a monk, and have played this character for some time. At one point, he was having incredible trouble reaching 4th level -- he died 3 times with just enough XP to reach 4th, but was raised back to the midpoint of 3rd level. However, once the character reached 4th level for good and we converted to 3.5e, things have been fine. However, I can see everyone's point. The 3.5e conversion let me drop the useless Stunning Miss (we never, ever saw enemy arcane spellcasters and my monk's Stunning Fist never, ever worked) for Improved Grapple, which gave some more versatility. Plus, after awhile, his movement was just ungodly ... never underestimate what that does. Bards ... you know, I can see this choice too. The bard's ability to buff everyone else is limited by his buffs being, well, kinda lame. Still, he has a ton of options. Sorcerers have never given me a reason to ever want to play a single-classed one. The loss of versatility versus the wizard is a big loss. Biggest loss? Scribe Scroll. It's useless for a sorcerer, but it enhances the wizard greatly, letting him have access to seldom-used spells in a fight. However, sorcerers make great NPC spellcasters, guys who just show up and fling fireball a few times before dying. Basically they weaken the PCs enough for the melee combatants to take them out. And they work pretty good in multiclass combos -- if you need but a level or two of spellcaster, sorcerer is your best bet, since you probably only need a couple of spells anyways. [/QUOTE]

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