3E sorceror/wizard arsenal of spells

Shrykull · Post by **Shrykull** » 2003-07-25 12:11am

Ok, this is perfectly legal right? Gold Dragons are basically this since they have inborn spell ability AND study spellbooks. Just I suppose you'd have to keep the spells seperate some sorceror spells you can cast on the fly, and the others ones you have in your book, and I recall something about multiclass characters how you have to keep the levels almost the same, can't let one get 2 or 3 levels higher than the other, anyway, wouldn't a character like this just be Deadly deadly deadly, can cast like say 8 spells at first level with intelligence and charisma bonus's?

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2003-07-25 12:18am

Um....what?

I'm sorry, what are you trying to say, exactly? That dragons can be sorcerers and wizards?

Well, here's the thing: sorcerers are supposed to be distant dragon-spawn to start with, according to the fluff. So dragons would naturally have the abilities of sorcerers. Now, on top of that, they can learn spells as a wizard, essentially multiclassing. Since being a dragon makes them inherantly powerful sorcerers to begin with, they can also become wizards. In fact, all creatures in D&D can take character classes, including vampires, orcs, kobolds, or what have you.

Shrykull · Post by **Shrykull** » 2003-07-25 12:48am

Hotfoot wrote:Um....what?

I'm sorry, what are you trying to say, exactly? That dragons can be sorcerers and wizards?

Well, here's the thing: sorcerers are supposed to be distant dragon-spawn to start with, according to the fluff. So dragons would naturally have the abilities of sorcerers. Now, on top of that, they can learn spells as a wizard, essentially multiclassing. Since being a dragon makes them inherantly powerful sorcerers to begin with, they can also become wizards. In fact, all creatures in D&D can take character classes, including vampires, orcs, kobolds, or what have you.

That was exactly by point they have natural spellcasting ability and then some from study.

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2003-07-25 01:00am

Shrykull wrote:That was exactly by point they have natural spellcasting ability and then some from study.

Their spellcasting abilities would be similar to cross-class mages. For additional spellcasting goodness, might as well throw in a few levels of bard and cleric just for the hell of it.

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2003-07-25 01:15am

It's perfectly possible to cross-class as a Sorc/Wizard(The Symbul does this). The difficulty comes in keeping two lists of spells: Your wizards one can only be cast a certain number of times, and have to be pre-selected, whereas you know fewer ones as a Sorc. You don't get to learn a spell as a Wizard(Who know more spells overall), and cast it over and over as a Sorc.

A Sorc/Wizard is generally a lower-power damage dealer who can toss out more utility. A dangerous combo, since you're trading off spell selection/quantity for higher level power.