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Sorcerer

Alignment

Any.

Hit Die

d4.

Skill Groups

The sorcerer's may select three skill groups of his choice.

Skill Points at 1st Level

(2 + Int modifier) × 4.

Skill Points at Each Additional Level

2 + Int modifier.

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the sorcerer.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency

Sorcerers are proficient with basic weapons, plus plus either spears or crossbows weapon group. They are not proficient with any type of armor or shield. Armor of any type interferes with a sorcerer's gestures, which can cause his spells with somatic components to fail.

Spells

A sorcerer casts arcane spells which are drawn primarily from the sorcerer/wizard spell list. He can cast any spell he knows without preparing it ahead of time, the way a wizard or a cleric must (see below).

To learn or cast a spell, a sorcerer must have a Charisma score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a sorcerer's spell is 10 + the spell level + the sorcerer's Charisma modifier.

Spells Known: See the table below
Choose a source of sorcerous powers(bloodline).
At first level, select one domain from that source's domains, nine 0-level spells from the sorcerer/wizard spell list, and one< first level spell from the sorcerer/wizard list.
At second level, select two spells of any level you can cast from the wizard/wizard list and add them to your spells known. At third level, select your second domain from your bloodline's list of domains.
At every other level at which new domain spells do not become available to you (for example 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th, etc) select any two spells of any level you can cast from the wizard/wizard spell list.

When adding Sorcerer Spells, they may be of any level the sorcerer can cast or lower.
Thus, the sorcerer's spells known may vary depending on where the sorcerer focuses his learning. This allows the sorcerer greater flexibility with the few spell choices he must make.
The symbol '#' signifies a number that will vary, based on the sorcerer's flexible allocation of new spells on levels 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, and 20. The use of 'd' signifies the first arcane domain and its spells. The use of '2d' signifies the spells from both of the sorcerer's arcane domains. Only one domain spell is learned from each domain, though on odd levels, a sorcerer may learn spells not previously chosen from the alternative spell options on his Domain spell lists.

It should be noted that various potential ancestor creatures may have different sorcerous connotations based on an individual DM's campaign world. If in one setting all dragons are symbols of strength, and are used as such on heraldry and so forth, then adding Strength to the draconic bloodlines might work better in a campaign set in such a place. Consider the differences that would need to be made in Dark Sun, for example, to use this system. Also note that some of the bloodlines have more 'conceptual' grounding, such as the elements. Fire is in many cultures a vital, active force, and so Vitality was created as a domain for Fire Elementals. Such conceptual groundings will need to be catered to individually in a campaign.

In the end, it is encouraged that you tinker, customize, and do whatever it takes to make this system fit your vision of sorcery!

Some bloodlines have more domains than others. This is usually because certain creatures have more symbolic or mythic significance, such as devils, demons, dragons, titans, and so forth - their flavor is a blend of many ideas. While it adds more choices, any one sorcerer is only going to ever have two domains, so it adds no extra 'power' to those sorcerers who choose such bloodlines.

Unlike a wizard or a cleric, a sorcerer need not prepare his spells in advance. He can cast any spell he knows at any time, assuming he has not yet used up his spells per day for that spell level. He does not have to decide ahead of time which spells he'll cast.

Familiar

A sorcerer can obtain a familiar. Doing so takes 24 hours and uses up magical materials that cost 100 gp. A familiar is a magical beast that resembles a small animal and is unusually tough and intelligent. The creature serves as a companion and servant.

The sorcerer chooses the kind of familiar he gets. As the sorcerer advances in level, his familiar also increases in power.

If the familiar dies or is dismissed by the sorcerer, the sorcerer must attempt a DC 15 Fortitude saving throw. Failure means he loses 200 experience points per sorcerer level; success reduces the loss to one-half that amount. However, a sorcerer's experience point total can never go below 0 as the result of a familiar's demise or dismissal. A slain or dismissed familiar cannot be replaced for a year and day. A slain familiar can be raised from the dead just as a character can be, and it does not lose a level or a Constitution point when this happy event occurs.

A character with more than one class that grants a familiar may have only one familiar at a time.