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What is a better race for a sorcerer a Aasimar or a drow?

I really want to dual class 2 paladin levels for the immunities and saving throw boosts but the drow would get an XP penalty if she did this.

Yet i dont want to give up the bonuses of the drow(magic resistance, bows etc).

So should i just take the XP penalty, choose Aasimar or just not multiclass to paladin??

BTW what about Wild Elf it can get pretty much the same stats except for the starting 20 CHA and is that, that useful?(though it also doesnt get the magic resistance)

[ April 09, 2004, 04:57: Message edited by: Goon66 ]

 

From what i have noticed spellcasters dont often get targeted by shamans/mages etc.. that the computer controls, so the powerful races like drow dont make a whole lot of sense to me. That then leaves the Aasimar, but personally i would just go with plain human b/c u get extra feats and can use them for any number of things useful to a mage, armored arcana/armor proficiency, spell boosters like Spirit of Flame and all the others. Anyways though, if your bent on either Aasimar or Drow, go for the Aasimar.

 

I'd go for the drow paladin if you are playing with only a handful of characters (solo to about 3 in the party). Its innate magic resistance goes hand in hand with that offered by the Holy Avenger. Soon you'll be wondering what magic is.

 

Drow Paladin of Mystra/Wizard is one possibility, as male Drow have Wizard as their favoured class. You would even be able to multiclass those two freely without any problems as Paladin of Mystra is allowed to multiclass with Wizard. Paladin/Wizards generally rule, if handled properly. I remember +54 to hit bonus.

Aasimar Paladin/Sorcerer is another one.

Human, Half-Elf or Wild Elf will allow you not only to escape the multiclassing penalty, but also the ECL penalty. Worth considering, especially for spellcasters who depend on levels to a greater extent than warriors or rogues do.

 

i prefer 1/2 orcs but that's just me.

 

Half Orcs are the worst sorcerers. And i finally figured out how i know your Nicname you wrote a Walthrough

 

Deep gnomes get -4 CHA so they are even more ill suited for sorcerer characters.

 

Good point i forgot about deep gnomes they completly slipped my mind.

 

One more thing: Aasimar is always good if it won't get you in trouble with multiclassing penalties. So long as you multiclass evenly or have only one two classes of which one is paladin, Aasimar is a solid choice. It's whole 4 stat points over more standard races, plus it can start with 20 WIS and/or 20 CHA. The immunities you get are minuscule, but they prove helpful from time to time. Also, Sun Scorch isn't bad. Sometimes it causes blindness on the target, and it comes handy when finishing off trolls.

Four stat points is quite much. Especially for only +1 ECL. The Drow also give four stat points for free, but they "cost" +2 ECL and have different favoured class: Wizard for males and Cleric for females.

Therefore, the Aasimar race isn't superior to the drow in all cases and vice versa. Aasimar is better in your specific case.

 

Yeah i agree i already know how good Aasimar are as three of my characters were already it my Cleric, druid and Paladin the first two so they could start with 20 WIS and the paladin so he could get both WIS high to cast spells and a high Cha for obvious reasons.