The way I see things the 5ed - or at least the one in BG3 - Sorcerer has many features which I'd associate with older editions' Wizards. Now it is them who have metamagic and can quicken and empower spells. I'd even say that they are more powerful than Wizards, albeit limited by the smaller number of spells they know. As you progress they get the capability to cast 2 spells per turn for 2-3 turn every Long Rest, something a Wizard needs to be Hastened (by Spell or Potion, and needs a nap afterward :P) to be able accomplish.
Bards come in two varieties (you choose at 3rd lvl) - the combat ones - Sword and Valour where you are spoiled for choice - cast a spell or use your two mellee/ranged attacks? The Lore bards are a powerful caster class - a similarly limited number of known spells, same as Sorceres and without the metamagic, but with more buffing/healing/crowd control spells, AND they get to pick spells from outside the Bard list at 6th and 10th lvls (I simply ADORE Hunger of Hadar for my Bard!). And with their extra Skills they are the party's Face, putting that high CHA to extra use.
One of the more powerful multiclass combos is a single level of Wizard - for the ability of learning spells from scrolls, and then going Sorcerer - for the Metamagic. In spite of being a 1st lvl Wizard you get to use your full Effective Spellcasting Level for casting, i.e. you can cast that 6th levl spell you learned from a scroll twice in a turn using your Sorcerer levels. You end up with your fixed number of Sorcerer spells, and c.4 slots for all those Wizard spells you learned.
One thing that I eludes me - I'm not that bright - is whether the Wizard spells are cast with CHA or INT. But you can dump-stat INT and then use the Ogre Circlet of Intelligence (17 INT).
EDIT: Heh, ninja'ed by Taril (who wrote it better, too!)
Last edited by Buba68; 15/06/24 03:37 PM.
