THE SORCERER

The Universe is not as it seems. Magic flows through every element of creation. It hums in the stones and sobs in the winds. It glows white hot in the hearts of beast and men. It hides behind the shimmering stars, and in the spaces between and beyond human sight. And in a few souls, cursed and blessed, it gleams with brilliance unmatched. Those few individuals wield magic as easy as other men breath- or as easy as lesser men die. Unstable, mad, and amongst the most powerful beings to walk Creation, these are the Sorcerers, to whom reality bows.

Spellcasting Stat: Charisma

Perks:

• Continue gaining the power point bonus for spellcasting stat after 9th level
• May cast wizard spells, with point cost equal to the level of the spell.
• May keep power points as wizard keep spell slots for high enough rolls.
• Add your level to spellcasting rolls (max +9)

Drawbacks:

• Casting rolls have success threshold determined by their point cost. Failed casting rolls trigger a roll on the Sorcerous Mishap table.
• Retaining spell points as above triggers a roll on the Mishap table

To Players: You are a lightning rod (potentially literally) of magical energy. You use magic to do what you want like other people use their feet to walk. People are afraid of you. This is because you might explode or become radioactive by accident, and also you may kill them on purpose. Sorcerers tend to be mad with their own power, and lacking in subtlety, patience, and respect for the rights of other beings to exist.

Powers

Level 1

Gain two random 1st level wizard spells.

Level 2

Gain two random 2nd level wizard spells.

Level 3

Gain four random 3rd level wizard spells OR pick a Sorcerous Motif and gain two random relevant 3rd level wizard spells. A Sorcerous Motif is a single word that evokes the kinds of abilities your sorcerer will gain in the future. For example, a “fire” motif will cause the Sorcerer to gain fire spells, a “protection” motif will cause the sorcerer to gain protective spells, etc.

Level 4

Gain two 4th level random wizard spells or pick a 3rd level wizard spell and gain a random 4th level wizard spell relevant to your motif.

Level 5

Gain two random 5th level wizard spells or pick a Motif if you haven’t already and gain 1 random 5th level spell relevant to your motif.

In addition, randomly gain one of the metamagic corollaries listed below. This corollary may be applied to any spell you know and only that spell, unless the same corollary is rolled repeatedly. From now on, you may choose to cast that spell with the additional effect specified by the corollary. If no valid spell is known, gain a spell that the metamagic may apply to.

SILENT – You may cast this spell without verbal components. 2x cost.

STILL – You may cast this spell without somatic components. 2x cost.

Level 6

Gain two random 6th level wizard spells or gain one random  6th level wizard spell relevant to your motif.

In addition, randomly gain two metamagic corollaries from the list below and above.

EXTEND – You double the duration of a spell. Spells with instantaneous or permanent duration are unaffected. 3x cost.

HEIGHTEN – Treat this spell as if your caster level were one level higher. 3x cost.

Level 7

Gain two random 7th level wizard spells or gain one random wizard 7th level spell relevant to your motif.

In addition, randomly gain two metamagic corollaries from the entries below and above.

EMPOWER – All variable, numeric effects of spell are increased by one-half. 4x cost.
ENLARGE – You double the range of a spell. Spells with ranges of “whole plane” or similar are unaffected. 4x cost.

Level 8

Gain two random 8th level wizard spells or gain one random 8th level wizard spell relevant to your motif.

In addition, randomly gain two metamagic corollaries from the entries below and above.

MAXIMIZE – All variable, numeric effects of spell are maximized. 6x cost.

WIDEN – You double a spell’s area of effect. If the spell has a point or single target AoE, it is unaffected. 6x cost.

Level 9

Gain one random 9th wizard spell relevant to your motif if you have one, otherwise gain a random 9th level wizard spell.

In addition,  randomly gain four metamagic corollaries from the entries above.

Level 10

Pick one wizard spell of no greater than 5th level that relevant to your motif if you have one, otherwise gain 2 random wizard spells whose level you may choose (no greater than 5th level). In addition, pick two corollaries and apply them.

Level 11

Whichever metamagic corollary you have the most of may be applied to any spell.

Level 12 and Onwards

Gain two random wizard spells or one random wizard spell relevant to your motif. Gain one random metamagic corollary (excluding the one chosen at level 11).

Sorcerous Mishaps

Rolled in secret, so non-obvious effects and durations are unknown to the sorcerer. High means not immediately negative/potentially positive. Lower means worse. High and low defined with respect to 21, the most likely result.

Radiation Table

This is adapted from skerples’s table in his Archaeans Post, with more direct gameplay effects. Basically creatures within a range (dependent on source, since most of this will be from magic, assume 10/20/30/50/100/150 ft. for each source) of a radiation source of a given intensity suffer the effects of that radiation intensity AND the effects of all lower intensities at every interval if they fail a save vs. Petrify (adding their Constitution bonus). Even if they pass the save, they still feel the effects of all lower intensities. As skerples said, radiation is awful. I’m bolting it to this class because I just really like the connotation of radiation and magic being directly related.

Random Spell Generation

This table is for generating spells when you don’t know their level, to prevent them from gaining too many higher level spells.

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