Sorcerer



A Sorcerer is a spellcasting machine, like the Wizard but there are a few major differences. As a sorcerer you are able to cast more spells per rest period, represented by your greater amount of spell points, but unlike the Wizard you can only learn a small number of the availible spells. As a Sorcerer you can also cast spells faster than a Wizard.

Class summary

 * Alignment: Any


 * Hit die: d4


 * Skill points: (2 + Intelligence modifier) x4 at creation, then 2 + Intelligence modifier at each additional Sorcerer level


 * Class skills:
 * Bluff (Charisma)
 * Concentration (Constitution)


 * Starting Proficiencies
 * All Simple weapons
 * No armor proficiencies, as armor of any type interferes with a Sorcerer’s movements, which can cause their spells with somatic components to fail.

Advancement Table
A Sorcerer also gets bonus spell points from his Charisma modifier.
 * Includes Base SP from Spell point table plus 80 SP from Magical Training free feat.

Spells
See the Sorcerer's spell list here.

Sorcerors cast spells 10% faster per level than other spellcasting classes.

Sorcerors also have 1/2 the cooldown on most of their spells.
 * note: Wizard and cleric spells have a cooldown of 2xspell level in seconds, sorcerors have a cooldown of 1xspell level. (IE: fireball has a 3 second cooldown for a sorc, while it has a 6 second cooldown for a wizard.)

Playing a Sorcerer
"Sorcerers are arcane spellcasters who manipulate magic energy with imagination and talent rather than studious discipline. They have no books, no mentors, no theories—just raw power that they direct at will. Sorcerers know fewer spells than wizards, and acquire them more slowly, but they can cast individual spells more quickly and more often before resting and have no need to prepare their incantations ahead of time. Since sorcerers gain their powers without undergoing the years of rigorous study that wizards go through, they have more time to learn fighting skills and are proficient with simple weapons. Charisma is very important for sorcerers; the higher their value in this ability, the higher the spell level she can cast." (DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ONLINE™: STORMREACH™ instruction manual page 62)

If the Wizard is the Kung Fu Master applying pressure as necessary, the Sorceror is the Eight Foot Tall Barroom Brawler with a chip on his shoulder. The Sorceror always fires for effect, similarly to the Wizard, but the Sorceror has the ability to do this much more frequently throughout the course of an adventure, and much more often during a single encounter.

That being said Sorcerors tend to favor spells that can be used frequently, rather than spells that can be used only in certain circumstances. Suggestion and Charm Person will serve as examples. Suggestion has a set duration that allows you to charm virtually any creature that can be charmed. Charm person, though it has the potential to last longer and is cheaper in terms of sp it works only on those of the humanoid type. Consequently, although Suggestion costs more, it's range of effect is greater and is therefore a superior spell for a Sorceror.

Of all the feats available to a Sorceror two staples tend to be Empower Spell Feat, and/or Heighten Spell Feat. These two feats largely define where you are going with your Sorceror. A Nuke based Sorceror (with high HP damage output)will be more interested in the Empower Spell Feat, whereas the Crowd Control Sorceror would be more interested in the Heighten Spell Feat as this it increases the Difficulty Check (or DC) of the spells the Sorceror casts.

DDO Class Guide: Sorcerer - a comprehensive article on playing a Sorcerer.

Focusing a Sorcerer's Spell Selection
Because there are both action points and feats to consider one could plan out a sorcerer to select spells from mainly one school of magic. For more information on feat selection and starting attribute for Sorcerer focused on some of the Schools see:
 * Sorcerer_Necromancer - Sorcerer focused on Necromance spells
 * Enchanter - Sorcerer focused on Enchantment spells
 * Evoker - Sorcerer focused on Evocation spells
 * Conjurer - Sorcerer focused on Conjuration spells