MoonSong
Rules-lawyering drama queen but not a munchkin
Ok, after hours of googling, turns out the designer who created the sorcerer was Skip Williams?
I'm confused...
I'm confused...
Skip Williams is the main designer behind Tome and Blood -kind of infamous for wizard favoritism-, and later Complete Mage, this book inparticular not only gives wizards a lot of perks over sorcerer, (at least it has Rapid Metamagic) it also has this in character quote by Mialee dissing sorcerers.Maybe they didn't actually have disdain for the sorcerer and instead you're just projecting that upon them.
"Sorcery? Bah. Anyone can pick up a brush and paint, call themselves an artist even. But only through years of dedication and study can you create a true masterpiece. A sorcerer is like a child with paints, barely understanding what they are doing. I have mastered the art."
"Sorcerers? Dilettantes. Why dabble in parlor tricks when you can become a master of the battlefield?"
—Ferno the warmage
Where does it say that he personally designed it? It sounds like a collaborative approach, which is what I would expect from modern D&D.Ok, after hours of googling, turns out the designer who created the sorcerer was Skip Williams?
I'm confused...
Skip Williams was also a designer of Dragonlance: Fifth Age, which had "sorcerer" as it main arcane caster. I've always thought there were some elements of SAGA that made its way into 3rd edition D&D.Where does it say that he personally designed it? It sounds like a collaborative approach, which is what I would expect from modern D&D.
I don't think the in-character comments can be taken to mean much, all it is, is flavourful comments from characters known for their high intellect and academic learning acting as snobs, I wouldn't take that as the designers holding the sorcerer in any kind of disdain.Skip Williams is the main designer behind Tome and Blood -kind of infamous for wizard favoritism-, and later Complete Mage, this book inparticular not only gives wizards a lot of perks over sorcerer, (at least it has Rapid Metamagic) it also has this in character quote by Mialee dissing sorcerers.
And it is right on the spot describing sorcerers alternate features in this book. (Why not give a positive quote for sorcerers in the spot on the book about sorcerers?, The wizard got half a page with purple prose on how beautiful the experience of writing on a spellbook is in the very same book!)
In addition to this quote
Also he purportedly said things like "if players complain about sorcerer, they should have played a wizard instead" to defend giving extra slots per day to wizards, and "how they aren't a proper casting class". (To be fair though, I haven't seen the actual quotes in context)
I don't think the in-character comments can be taken to mean much, all it is, is flavourful comments from characters known for their high intellect and academic learning acting as snobs, I wouldn't take that as the designers holding the sorcerer in any kind of disdain.
Maybe they didn't actually have disdain for the sorcerer and instead you're just projecting that upon them.