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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Humanophile" data-source="post: 394567" data-attributes="member: 1049">When I play personally, I like wizards.  But I'm a big fan of the generalist, sagacious nature thereof.  For actual party composition, I find that sorcerers fit in better.  Sorcery encourages you to become intimately familiar with your spells (always a benefit when you're just getting used to a new system), and makes you a better mobile artillery platform.  Wizards are good generalist troubleshooters and artificers, but they don't have the same rush that comes with blowing bad guys to bits, and the artificer part can actually be a drawback.  (Your allies will expect you to help make stuff for them.  You'll want to make stuff for yourself.  This all will tap your XP reserves in ways no sorcerer would put up with.)It really depended on how you played in second edition, though, and what you want to do.  Most people I know went through a "free casting" phase in second edition, but skimped on wizards ability to find new spells, therefore creating effective sorcerers.  If you used to play with a handful of favorite spells, go Sorcerer all the way.  If you used to like a lot of variety and different spell lists day to day, play a Wizard.</blockquote>