This page is for the sorcerer class in
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Siege of Dragonspear (2016)
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Baldur's Gate II
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Contents
Introduction[edit | edit source]
Sorcerers are powerful arcane spellcasters. Unlike mages, they do not gain their power from years of fastidious study and research -- rather, they are born with magic in their blood, and gradually learn to harness their innate abilities over time.
Sorcerers cannot equip most weapons, helmets or armor. They have poor THAC0 and a small amount of hit points. They aren't very good physical combatants by nature, though they have some potential to become potent melee damage dealers or tanks due to the flexibility of the arcane spell pool.
Unlike mages or bards, who learn spells by scribing scrolls, sorcerers only learn new spells when they reach certain levels. As a result, the number of different spells sorcerers can know is very limited compared to other wizards of high intelligence. After selecting a desired spell to learn in the level-up screen, they need to rest before it can be cast, and each casting will subtract 1 from the total casting number of the spell level the spell is from. They will need to rest to replenish the total casting number of each spell level.
Only humans, elves and half-elves may become sorcerers.
Sorcerers may not dual-class.
Ability scores table[edit | edit source]
| Character Ability Score | Minimum Score | Dragon Disciple^^ |
|---|---|---|
| Strength | 3 | 10 |
| Dexterity | 3 | 14 |
| Constitution | 3 | 3 |
| Intelligence | 9 | 3 |
| Wisdom | 3 | 3 |
| Charisma^ | 9 | 15 |
During character creation, rolls below the minimum value for the class will be increased to that value. This table uses the values for Humans, other Races have modified ability scores.
^ Although Sorcerers are Charisma based casters in the tabletop game, their casting abilities are purely level based in Baldur's Gate series
^^ The Dragon Disciple class kit has a different set of minimum ability scores.
Sorcerer spells[edit | edit source]
Sorcerers are allowed to freely pick from all 8 schools of arcane spells from the wizard spellbook.
Class kits[edit | edit source]
Sorcerer[edit | edit source]
Sorcerers are practitioners of magic who are born with the innate ability to cast spells. It is thought that the blood of some powerful creature flows through their veins; perhaps they are the spawn of the gods themselves, or even dragons walking in humanoid form. Regardless, the Sorcerer's magic is intuitive rather than logical. They know fewer spells than Mages, and acquire spells more slowly, but they can cast spells more often and have no need to select and prepare spells ahead of time. Sorcerers cannot specialize in magic the way Mages do. Other than these differences, a Sorcerer is very similar to a Mage.
Class Features:
- May not wear any armor
- May only use the following weapons: dagger, quarterstaff, dart, sling
- May only become Proficient (one slot) in any weapon class
- May not place any slots in any fighting style
- May cast arcane spells
- May not scribe spells into their spellbooks as Mages do. Instead, Sorcerers learn a small number of spells at each level, which they can cast daily without memorization
- Hit Die: d4
Gameplay
- Companion Baeloth Barrityl is a sorcerer
Dragon Disciple (EE only)[edit | edit source]
Dragon Disciples are powerful Sorcerers with dragons' blood somewhere in their lineage. Their natural magical talents bring out their draconic heritage, allowing them to cast powerful magical spells and exhibit dragon-like abilities.
Advantages:
- 1st level: -1 bonus to Armor Class
- 3rd level: May use Breath Weapon once per day: The Dragon Disciple breathes a gout of flame up to 30 ft. long, inflicting 3d8 points of fire damage on all creatures caught within the 140 degree cone, it bypasses magic resistance but not fire resistance
- 4th level: Gains 25% innate Fire Resistance
- 5th level: -1 bonus to AC and +1 to Constitution
- 6th level: Breath Weapon damage increases to 4d8
- 8th level: Innate Fire Resistance rises to 50%
- 9th level: Breath Weapon damage increases to 5d8
- 10th level: -1 bonus to AC
- 12th level: Breath Weapon damage increases to 6d8
- 12th level: Innate Fire Resistance rises to 75%
- 15th level: Breath Weapon damage increases to 7d8
- 15th level: -1 bonus to AC and +1 to Constitution
- 16th level: Innate Fire Resistance rises to 100%
- 18th level: Breath Weapon damage increases to 8d8
- 20th level: -1 bonus to AC
- Hit Die: d6
Disadvantage:
- May cast one fewer spell per level per day
Gameplay
- The Dragon Disciple benefits slightly more from being a human or a half-elf than an elf, as the kit's constitution bonus, combined with the Manual of Bodily Health, can bring them up to 20 constitution in
Baldur's Gate:
Enhanced Edition (2012)
This icon indicates content from the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition campaign., granting them a natural regeneration, that increases with any further constitution bonuses gained inBaldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition – Shadows of Amn (2013)
This icon indicates content from the Shadows of Amn campaign of the Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition. - The in game cap for any resistance is 127%. More than 100% will allow healing instead of damage. Thus up to 27% of fire damage (ex: fireball cast near yourself) may heal. Healing this way will still trigger damage taken animation however and interrupt any on-going spell casting (limits Incendiary Cloud).
High-level class abilities[edit | edit source]
The following spells will be scribed in lv9 spellbook once picked, thus only need to selected once.
- Comet
- Dragon's Breath
- Energy Blades
- Improved Alacrity
- Summon Planetar (Good and Neutral Alignment, only one can be picked, picking Summon Planetar makes Summon Dark Planetar unavailable)
- Summon Dark Planetar (Evil and Neutral Alignment, only one can be picked, picking Summon Dark Planetar makes Summon Planetar unavailable)
- Option to spend three HLA points to gain a level 6, 7 and level 8 spellslots
Spell progression[edit | edit source]
The following table shows the progression of different spells known by the sorcerer base class:
| Spell lvl / Sorcerer lvl |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total # of spells known | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |||||||
| 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ||||||
| 9 | Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition (2012) This icon indicates content from the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition campaign. |
5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | |||||
| 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | |||||
| 11 | Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear (2016) This icon indicates content from the Siege of Dragonspear campaign of the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition.
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5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | ||||
| 12 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | ||||
| 13 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 23 | ||||
| 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 24 | |||
| 15 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 27 | |||
| 16 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 28 | ||
| 17 |  Baldur's Gate II:Shadows of Amn (2000) This icon indicates content from the original Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn campaign. |
5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 30 | |
| 18 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 31 | |
| 19 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 33 | |
| 20 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 34 | |
| 21 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 35 | |
| 22 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 37 | |
| 23-24 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 39 | |
| 25-27 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 40 | |
| 28-29 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 41 | |
| 30 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 42 | |
| 31 |  Baldur's Gate II:Throne of Bhaal (2001) This icon indicates content from the original Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal campaign.
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5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 43 |
The following table shows the progression of the casting numbers of each spell level by the sorcerer base class:
| Spell lvl / Sorcerer lvl |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total casting numbers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| 3 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||
| 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | |||||||
| 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | |||||||
| 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | ||||||
| 9 | Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition (2012) This icon indicates content from the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition campaign. |
6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | |||||
| 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 | |||||
| 11 | Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear (2016) This icon indicates content from the Siege of Dragonspear campaign of the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition.
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6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 28 | ||||
| 12 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 32 | ||||
| 13 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 34 | ||||
| 14 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 38 | |||
| 15 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 40 | |||
| 16 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 44 | ||
| 17 | Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000) This icon indicates content from the original Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn campaign. |
6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 46 | |
| 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 50 | |
| 19 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 52 | |
| 20-31 | Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (2001) This icon indicates content from the original Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal campaign.
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6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 54 |
The following table shows the progression of the casting numbers of each spell level by the dragon disciple class kit:
| Spell lvl / Dragon Disciple lvl |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total casting numbers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 3 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||
| 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |||||||
| 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | |||||||
| 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | ||||||
| 9 | Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition (2012) This icon indicates content from the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition campaign. |
5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | |||||
| 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | |||||
| 11 | Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear (2016) This icon indicates content from the Siege of Dragonspear campaign of the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition.
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5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 23 | ||||
| 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 26 | ||||
| 13 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 28 | ||||
| 14 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 31 | |||
| 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 33 | |||
| 16 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 36 | ||
| 17 | Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000) This icon indicates content from the original Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn campaign. |
5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 38 | |
| 18 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 41 | |
| 19 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 43 | |
| 20-31 | Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (2001) This icon indicates content from the original Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal campaign.
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5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 45 |
Table for experience, hitpoints and weapon proficiency[edit | edit source]
| Level | Level Cap |
XP Required |
Hit Dice | Hit Dice (Dragon Disciple) |
Weapon Proficiency |
THAC0 | Saving throws D/W/P/B/S |
Passive effects (Dragon Disciple) |
No. of HLA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1d4 | 1d6 | +1 | 20 | 14/11/13/15/12 | -1 bonus to AC | ||
| 2 | 2,500 | 2d4 | 2d6 | 20 | 14/11/13/15/12 | ||||
| 3 | 5,000 | 3d4 | 3d6 | 20 | 14/11/13/15/12 | ||||
| 4 | 10,000 | 4d4 | 4d6 | 19 | 14/11/13/15/12 | 25% resistance to fire | |||
| 5 | 20,000 | 5d4 | 5d6 | 19 | 14/11/13/15/12 | -1 bonus to AC +1 to Con |
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| 6 | 40,000 | 6d4 | 6d6 | +1 | 19 | 13/9/11/13/10 | |||
| 7 | 60,000 | 7d4 | 7d6 | 18 | 13/9/11/13/10 | ||||
| 8 | 90,000 | 8d4 | 8d6 | 18 | 13/9/11/13/10 | 50% resistance to fire | |||
| 9 | Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition (2012) This icon indicates content from the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition campaign. |
135,000 | 9d4 | 9d6 | 18 | 13/9/11/13/10 | |||
| 10 | 250,000 | 10d4 | 10d6 | 17 | 13/9/11/13/10 | -1 bonus to AC | |||
| 11 | Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear (2016) This icon indicates content from the Siege of Dragonspear campaign of the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition.
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375,000 | 10d4+1 | 10d6+1 | 17 | 11/7/9/11/8 | |||
| 12 | 750,000 | 10d4+2 | 10d6+2 | +1 | 17 | 11/7/9/11/8 | 75% resistance to fire | ||
| 13 | 1,125,000 | 10d4+3 | 10d6+3 | 16 | 11/7/9/11/8 | ||||
| 14 | 1,500,000 | 10d4+4 | 10d6+4 | 16 | 11/7/9/11/8 | ||||
| 15 | 1,875,000 | 10d4+5 | 10d6+5 | 16 | 11/7/9/11/8 | -1 bonus to AC +1 to Con |
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| 16 | 2,250,000 | 10d4+6 | 10d6+6 | 15 | 10/5/7/9/6 | 100% resistance to fire | |||
| 17 | Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000) This icon indicates content from the original Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn campaign. |
2,625,000 | 10d4+7 | 10d6+7 | 15 | 10/5/7/9/6 | |||
| 18 | 3,000,000 | 10d4+8 | 10d6+8 | +1 | 15 | 10/5/7/9/6 | 1 | ||
| 19 | 3,375,000 | 10d4+9 | 10d6+9 | 14 | 10/5/7/9/6 | 2 | |||
| 20 | 3,750,000 | 10d4+10 | 10d6+10 | 14 | 10/5/7/9/6 | -1 bonus to AC | 3 | ||
| 21 | 4,125,000 | 10d4+11 | 10d6+11 | 14 | 8/3/5/7/4 | 4 | |||
| 22 | 4,500,000 | 10d4+12 | 10d6+12 | 13 | 8/3/5/7/4 | 5 | |||
| 23 | 4,875,000 | 10d4+13 | 10d6+13 | 13 | 8/3/5/7/4 | 6 | |||
| 24 | 5,250,000 | 10d4+14 | 10d6+14 | 13 | 8/3/5/7/4 | 7 | |||
| 25 | 5,625,000 | 10d4+15 | 10d6+15 | 13 | 8/3/5/7/4 | 8 | |||
| 26 | 6,000,000 | 10d4+16 | 10d6+16 | 13 | 8/3/5/7/4 | ||||
| 27 | 6,375,000 | 10d4+17 | 10d6+17 | 13 | 8/3/5/7/4 | ||||
| 28 | 6,750,000 | 10d4+18 | 10d6+18 | 13 | 8/3/5/7/4 | ||||
| 29 | 7,125,000 | 10d4+19 | 10d6+19 | 13 | 8/3/5/7/4 | ||||
| 30 | 7,500,000 | 10d4+20 | 10d6+20 | 13 | 8/3/5/7/4 | ||||
| 31 | Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (2001) This icon indicates content from the original Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal campaign.
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7,875,000 | 10d4+21 | 10d6+21 | 13 | 8/3/5/7/4 | |||
| Total | 4 | -5 bonus to AC +2 to Con 100% resistance to fire |
8 |
Stronghold[edit | edit source]
Sorcerer protagonist will claim the large magical sphere in Slums after they finish the deal with Tolgerias, one way or another.
Class Group exclusive items[edit | edit source]
- Adventurer's Robe
- Knave's Robe
- Traveler's Robe
- Bronze Ioun Stone / Circlet of Netheril (Bronze Ioun Stone is useable by Bards but has no benefit to them)
- Mage Robe of Cold Resistance
- Mage Robe of Electric Resistance
- Mage Robe of Fire Resistance
- Reaching Ring
- Ring of Acuity
- Robe of Goodman Hayes (only useful for Wild Mages)
- Robe of the Apprenti
- Robe of the Good/Neutral/Evil Archmagi
- Robe of Invocation
- Robe of Vecna
- Staff of the Magi
- Thayan Circlet (only useful for Wild Mages)
Arcane Spellcasters exclusive items[edit | edit source]
- Metaspell Influence Amulet
- Staff of Power
- Golem / Clay Golem / Stone Golem / Juggernaut Golem Manual
- arcane wands
- arcane scrolls
Gameplay (community)[edit | edit source]
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- The sorcerer is a challenging role to play. It's a very tough start but in later lvls does devastating damage.
I always find that it's hard to keep magic using companions alive. -- Added by a FANDOM user (talk) 03:57, July 6, 2018 (UTC)
