Talk:Sorcerer/@comment-70.188.154.106-20160804014813/@comment-142.254.101.158-20190722080624

Regarding Sorcerer vs Edwin (I've done both, and played Edwin with a fairly limited spell set on most days to kind of simulate what a sorc can do)

Edwin gets about 2 castings of each combination (each sequencer, each commonly needed situational option such as death spell or spell immunity). If the day doesn't need a given combination he is wasting those extra spell slots. If he needs more than 2 of a given combination he can't. On the flipside, he can reshuffle his entire spell mix for a specific map or battle, which is something a sorcerer can only do with consumables (in particular a visit to a well stocked scroll shop). He also actually gets more slots than any sorcerer in some impacted tiers (eg, L3 spells) which can help with refilling some sequencers and may sometimes exceed what a sorc can normally do.

A sorcerer gets 6 castings of each combination of spells they know, but some combinations lock out others that use same tier of spells (eg, each use of invisibility locks out a recasting of mirror image). You never have a wasted slot though, unless nothing in that spell tier is helpful on a given day (quite rare by the mid-game, more of a problem in very low levels).

The ability of the sorcerer to access the entire spellbook for a given tier of spells usually means more efficient slot use and a sense of more spell slots simply because they are not likely to be "prepped the wrong spell for today" wasted as a wizard's sometimes is. The main balancing consideration is that sorcerers get higher spell tiers later (so half the time until level 18 a wizard has a whole entire tier to work with that a sorc lacks) and sometimes the consumable you need when your spells known aren't adequate isn't available as easy as a wizard can manage with a rest cycle.

Mages are also a serious cash drain in a large party just to maintain the spell books. Sorcerers don't spend as much on consumables even though they may stock quite a few because most days their default spell mix is just fine.