Sorcerer

Profession, dual-classed

A dual-classed caster who treats magic as science, majoring in Sorcery with Enchantment or Black Magic as a second field. Sorcerers explain every magical effect by natural law and often sell their skills to the highest bidder.

From the book

Sorcerers study magic from a scientific, analytical standpoint. Their main field is Sorcery, with a secondary field of Enchantment or Black Magic at the player's choice.

Ritual and divine magic may interest them, but they care far more about the theory and natural laws that make spells work: to them an illusion is bent light, levitation a local easing of gravity, summoning an application of travel between dimensions, and even curses and conjurations are cases of the laws of association and contagion.

So they seldom mix with witches, druids or above all shamans, whom they see as primitive and unscientific, think better of alchemists, astrologers and magicians, and are intrigued, if puzzled, by the methods of wizards, priests and mystics. Doubting simple ideas of good and evil, many adopt whatever ethics suit them or none at all, and such sorcerers are among the most dangerous characters, hiring out for wealth, influence and power.

Skills by level

Level 1
- Any Single Weapon
- Read Magic (100%)
- Spell Casting
- Magical Mixtures
Level 3
- Herbal Elixirs
Level 5
- Toxic Powders
Level 7
- Potions
- Scrolls
Level 9
- Minor Magic Items
- Alchemical Dusts
Level 10
- Rods, Staves and Wands
Level 11
- Greater Magic Items
Level 12
- Magical Weapons and Armor
- Machina

At a glance

Minimum attributes: INT 14, WILL 12
Alignment: Any
Combat training: Untrained
Hit points per level: 1 H.P. per point of CON, plus 2 H.P. at first level; then +2 H.P. and any CON bonus per level gained; after 12th level, +1 H.P. per level with no CON bonus (optional rule, page 48)
Special abilities: None
Fields of magic: Sorcery (major), Enchantment or Black Magic (secondary, player's choice)
Free skill choices: Secondary field: Enchantment or Black Magic (player's choice)
Open to races: Humans, Elves

Dual-classed by two fields of magic, not by combining two professions. Level 7 prints 'Potions Scrolls' and level 12 'Magical Weapons and Armor Machina' on single lines; each is two skills.