Sorcerer

Sorcerers create magic the way a poet creates poems, with inborn talent honed by practice. They have no books, no mentors, no theories—just raw power that they direct at will. Some sorcerers claim that the blood of dragons courses through their veins. That claim may even be true in some cases—it is common knowledge that certain powerful dragons can take humanoid form and even have humanoid lovers, and it’s difficult to prove that a given sorcerer does not have a dragon ancestor. It’s true that sorcerers often have striking good looks, usually with a touch of the exotic that hints at an unusual heritage. Others hold that the claim is either an unsubstantiated boast on the part of certain sorcerers or envious gossip on the part of those who lack the sorcerer’s gift.

Sorcerer

Sorcerers are (along with wizards) the foremost practitioners of what Faerûnians refer to as the Art, the study and application of arcane magic. The common folk of Faerûn see little difference between the rigorous studies of the wizard and the mysterious ways of the sorcerer, but in some lands a fierce rivalry exists between the two traditions. Many wizards regard sorcerers as inexpert practitioners of the Art and servants of sinister powers better left alone. Some sorcerers see wizards as arrogant and pompous, deliberately cloaking the Art in mummery and obtuse lore.

Some areas of Faerûn are more tolerant than others of the presence of sorcerers. Aglarond, a forest kingdom ruled by the insuperable sorcerer-queen known as the Simbul, is perhaps the best example of such a place. Despite differing regional attitudes toward sorcerers, sorcerous talent seems to be spread nearly evenly through the world and the various races, with the exception of dwarves born before the Thunder Blessing.

True to their tendency toward chaos over law, sorcerers worship all types of deities. Mystra, Oghma, Selûne, and Shar are popular with sorcerers as deities who have something to do with magic. Lathander, Shaundakul, Sune, Tempus, and Tymora are popular with adventuring sorcerers.

hit dice: 1d6

hit points at 1st level: 6 + your Constitution modifier

hit points at higher levels: 1d6 (or 4) + your Constitution modifier per sorcerer level after 1st

armor proficiencies: None

weapon proficiencies: Simple weapons

tools: None

saving throws: Constitution and Charisma

skills: Choose 2: Arcana, Deception, Insight, Intimidation, Persuasion, or Religion

starting equipment:

Choose A or B: (A) Spear, 2 Daggers, Arcane Focus (crystal), Dungeoneer’s Pack, and 28 GP; or (B) 50 GP

spellcasting:

Drawing from your innate magic, you can cast spells.

Cantrips. You know five Sorcerer cantrips of your choice. Whenever you gain a Sorcerer level, you can replace one of your cantrips from this feature with another Sorcerer cantrip of your choice.

When you reach Sorcerer levels 4 and 10, you learn another Sorcerer cantrip of your choice, as shown in the Cantrips column of the Sorcerer Features table.

Spell Slots. The Sorcerer Features table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your level 1+ spells. You regain all expended slots when you finish a Long Rest.

Prepared Spells of Level 1+. You prepare the list of level 1+ spells that are available for you to cast with this feature. To start, choose two level 1 Sorcerer spells.

The number of spells on your list increases as you gain Sorcerer levels, as shown in the Prepared Spells column of the Sorcerer Features table. Whenever that number increases, choose additional Sorcerer spells until the number of spells on your list matches the number in the Sorcerer Features table. The chosen spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots. For example, if you’re a level 3 Sorcerer, your list of prepared spells can include six Sorcerer spells of level 1 or 2 in any combination.

If another Sorcerer feature gives you spells that you always have prepared, those spells don’t count against the number of spells you can prepare with this feature, but those spells otherwise count as Sorcerer spells for you.

Changing Your Prepared Spells. Whenever you gain a Sorcerer level, you can replace one spell on your list with another Sorcerer spell for which you have spell slots.

Spellcasting Ability. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for your Sorcerer spells.

Spellcasting Focus. You can use an Arcane Focus as a Spellcasting Focus for your Sorcerer spells.

class features:

Level 1: Summon Familiar

You learn the Find Familiar spell and can cast it as a Magic action without expending a spell slot.

When you cast the spell, you choose one of the normal forms for your familiar or one of the following special forms: Imp, Pseudodragon, Quasit, Skeleton, Slaad Tadpole, Sphinx of Wonder, Sprite, or Venomous Snake.

Additionally, when you take the Attack action, you can forgo one of your own attacks to allow your familiar to make one attack of its own with its Reaction.

Level 2: Metamagic

Because your magic flows from within, you can alter your spells to suit your needs; you gain one Metamagic options of your choice from “Metamagic Options”. You use the chosen options to temporarily modify spells you cast.

You can use only one Metamagic option on a spell when you cast it unless otherwise noted in one of those options.

Whenever you gain a Sorcerer level, you can replace one of your Metamagic options with one you don’t know. You gain one additional option at Sorcerer levels 5 and 10.

Metamagic Options

The following options are available to your Metamagic feature. The options are presented in alphabetical order.

Careful Spell

When you cast a spell that forces other creatures to make a saving throw, you can protect some of those creatures from the spell’s full force. To do so, choose a number of those creatures up to your Charisma modifier (minimum of one creature). A chosen creature automatically succeeds on its saving throw against the spell, and it takes no damage if it would normally take half damage on a successful save.

Distant Spell

When you cast a spell that has a range of at least 5 feet, you can double the spell’s range. Or when you cast a spell that has a range of Touch, you can make the spell’s range 30 feet.

Empowered Spell

When you roll damage for a spell, you can reroll a number of the damage dice up to your Charisma modifier (minimum of one), and you must use the new rolls.

You can use Empowered Spell even if you’ve already used a different Metamagic option during the casting of the spell.

Extended Spell

When you cast a spell that has a duration of 1 minute or longer, you can double its duration to a maximum duration of 24 hours.

If the affected spell requires Concentration, you have Advantage on any saving throw you make to maintain that Concentration.

Heightened Spell

Only available at level 5

When you cast a spell that forces a creature to make a saving throw, you can give one target of the spell Disadvantage on saves against the spell.

Quickened Spell

Only available at level 5

When you cast a spell that has a casting time of an action, you can change the casting time to a Bonus Action for this casting. You can’t modify a spell in this way if you’ve already cast a level 1+ spell on the current turn, nor can you cast a level 1+ spell on this turn after modifying a spell in this way.

Seeking Spell

If you make an attack roll for a spell and miss, reroll the d20, and you must use the new roll.

You can use Seeking Spell even if you’ve already used a different Metamagic option during the casting of the spell.

Subtle Spell

When you cast a spell, you can cast it without any Verbal, Somatic, or Material components, except Material components that are consumed by the spell or that have a cost specified in the spell.

Transmuted Spell

When you cast a spell that deals a type of damage from the following list, you can change that damage type to one of the other listed types: Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison, Thunder.

Twinned Spell

When you cast a spell, such as Charm Person, that can be cast with a higher-level spell slot to target an additional creature, you can increase the spell’s effective level by 1.

subclass options:

Level	Proficiency Bonus	Sorcerer Class Features	Cantrips	Prepared Spells	1	2	3	4	5
1	+2	Summon Familiar, Metamagic Option	5	3	3	-	-	-	-
2	+2		6	4	3	-	-	-	-
3	+2		6	5	5	-	-	-	-
4	+2		6	7	6	3	-	-	-
5	+3	Metamagic Option	6	9	6	4	-	-	-
6	+3		6	10	6	5	3	-	-
7	+3		6	11	6	6	4	-	-
8	+3		6	12	6	6	5	3	-
9	+4		6	14	6	6	6	4	-
10	+4	Metamagic Option	6	15	6	6	6	5	3

Sorcerer Spell List

This section presents the Sorcerer spell list. The spells are organized by spell level and then alphabetized, and each spell’s school of magic is listed. In the Special column, C means the spell requires Concentration, R means it’s a Ritual, and M means it requires a specific Material component.

		Cantrips (Level 0 Sorcerer Spells)
Spell	School	Special
Acid Splash	Evocation	—
Blade Ward	Abjuration	C
Chill Touch	Necromancy	—
Dancing Lights	Illusion	C
Elementalism	Transmutation	—
Fire Bolt	Evocation	—
Friends	Enchantment	C
Light	Evocation	—
Mage Hand	Conjuration	—
Mending	Transmutation	—
Message	Transmutation	—
Mind Sliver	Enchantment	—
Minor Illusion	Illusion	—
Poison Spray	Necromancy	—
Prestidigitation	Transmutation	—
Ray of Frost	Evocation	—
Shocking Grasp	Evocation	—
Sorcerous Burst	Evocation	—
Thunderclap	Evocation	—
True Strike	Divination	—

		Level 1 Sorcerer Spells
Spell	School	Special
Burning Hands	Evocation	—
Charm Person	Enchantment	—
Chromatic Orb	Evocation	M
Color Spray	Illusion	—
Comprehend Languages	Divination	R
Detect Magic	Divination	C, R
Disguise Self	Illusion	—
Expeditious Retreat	Transmutation	C
False Life	Necromancy	–
Feather Fall	Transmutation	—
Fog Cloud	Conjuration	C
Grease	Conjuration	—
Ice Knife	Conjuration	—
Jump	Transmutation	—
Mage Armor	Abjuration	—
Magic Missile	Evocation	—
Ray of Sickness	Necromancy	—
Shield	Abjuration	—
Silent Image	Illusion	C
Sleep	Enchantment	C
Thunderwave	Evocation	—
Witch Bolt	Evocation	C

		Level 2 Sorcerer Spells
Spell	School	Special
Alter Self	Transmutation	C
Arcane Vigor	Abjuration	—
Blindness/Deafness	Transmutation	—
Blur	Illusion	C
Cloud of Daggers	Conjuration	C
Crown of Madness	Enchantment	C
Darkness	Evocation	C
Darkvision	Transmutation	—
Detect Thoughts	Divination	C
Dragon’s Breath	Transmutation	C
Enhance Ability	Transmutation	C
Enlarge/Reduce	Transmutation	C
Flame Blade	Evocation	C
Flaming Sphere	Evocation	C
Gust of Wind	Evocation	C
Hold Person	Enchantment	C
Invisibility	Illusion	C
Knock	Transmutation	—
Levitate	Transmutation	C
Magic Weapon	Transmutation	—
Mind Spike	Divination	C
Mirror Image	Illusion	—
Misty Step	Conjuration	—
Phantasmal Force	Illusion	C
Scorching Ray	Evocation	—
See Invisibility	Divination	—
Shatter	Evocation	—
Spider Climb	Transmutation	C
Suggestion	Enchantment	C
Web	Conjuration	C

		Level 3 Sorcerer Spells
Spell	School	Special
Blink	Transmutation	—
Clairvoyance	Divination	C, M
Counterspell	Abjuration	—
Daylight	Evocation	—
Dispel Magic	Abjuration	—
Fear	Illusion	C
Fireball	Evocation	—
Fly	Transmutation	C
Gaseous Form	Transmutation	C
Haste	Transmutation	C
Hypnotic Pattern	Illusion	C
Lightning Bolt	Evocation	—
Major Image	Illusion	C
Protection from Energy	Abjuration	C
Sleet Storm	Conjuration	C
Slow	Transmutation	C
Stinking Cloud	Conjuration	C
Tongues	Divination	—
Vampiric Touch	Necromancy	C
Water Breathing	Transmutation	R
Water Walk	Transmutation	R

		Level 4 Sorcerer Spells
Spell	School	Special
Banishment	Abjuration	C
Blight	Necromancy	—
Charm Monster	Enchantment	—
Confusion	Enchantment	C
Dimension Door	Conjuration	—
Dominate Beast	Enchantment	C
Fire Shield	Evocation	—
Greater Invisibility	Illusion	C
Ice Storm	Evocation	—
Polymorph	Transmutation	C
Stoneskin	Transmutation	C, M
Vitriolic Sphere	Evocation	—
Wall of Fire	Evocation	C

		Level 5 Sorcerer Spells
Spell	School	Special
Animate Objects	Transmutation	C
Bigby’s Hand	Evocation	C
Cloudkill	Conjuration	C
Cone of Cold	Evocation	—
Creation	Illusion	—
Dominate Person	Enchantment	C
Hold Monster	Enchantment	C
Insect Plague	Conjuration	C
Seeming	Illusion	—
Synaptic Static	Enchantment	—
Telekinesis	Transmutation	C
Teleportation Circle	Conjuration	M
Wall of Stone	Evocation	C