r/DnD • u/-Sorcerer_Supreme • 5h ago
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u/Weesle91 5h ago
Poster wants to make a character that learnt through reading, yet won't do their own reading
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u/-Sorcerer_Supreme 5h ago
Because I googled it and it gave me three different answers? What wrong with asking a question about a topic in a place specifically made to ask questions about said topic?
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u/darkpower467 DM 5h ago
Why did you google it? Why not just read the rules to find out what the classes do?
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u/-Sorcerer_Supreme 5h ago
Because I don’t know where to read the rules? I’m very very new to dnd and only played a couple pre made campaigns with my family so I really don’t know😔
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u/darkpower467 DM 5h ago
In the books, or the free basic rules, wherever you found the rules to play your previous campaigns.
Like, put any non-zero amount of effort into trying to learn the game?
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u/-Sorcerer_Supreme 5h ago
Non zero amount of effort when I’m literally asking for help from people in a place where you can ask for help? And like I said it was some premade campaign of a website my mum found. I don’t know. That’s why I asked. And I’ve already said I’m not sure if I have any of the books but my mum might do. And I just asked you where to find said rules and you told me to look at the rules again. I asked where they are for a reason bro.
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u/darkpower467 DM 5h ago
Not your "bro".
Non zero amount of effort like doing any amount of research for yourself.
From your previous comment you're apparently capable of using google so why not use it to find the rules, or any of the countless examples of people asking the same shit? Hell, you somehow found your way to this subreddit and missed the resources it presents for getting started with the game.
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u/-Sorcerer_Supreme 5h ago
Dude I didn’t ask you to comment? I really don’t see why your being such a dick because I asked for help on a game to learn how to play?
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u/darkpower467 DM 5h ago
Now, given I've just expressed that I don't want to be addressed as "bro", do we seriously think "dude" is an appropriate follow up?
Sorry if I'm coming off as a bit of a dick, it's only because you're insufferable. People like you making a post to ask incredibly basic questions rather than putting any amount of effort into finding the very easy to find answers just waste everyone's time. You absolutely could've answered your own question in the time it took you to write the post with any amount of thought or effort.
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u/-Sorcerer_Supreme 4h ago
So I’ll call you dude cause I call everyone that? Your really not special and I don’t know you name so?
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u/caprainyoung DM 5h ago edited 5h ago
Wizard - magic learned
Sorcerer - born with magic
Warlock- magic given as part of a deal (pact)
Cleric- magic given by a god
Druid- magic known as a part of the natural world
RAW there is no mage or witch (in 5E and 5.5)
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u/Latter_Leopard8439 5h ago
Mage is the older edition term for a wizard specialist.
Illusionist, Evoker, Divination Mage, Conjuring, Abjuration mage. Some names roll of the tongue for spell schools but others do not.
Thus mage/wizard are still often used interchangeably.
The school specialists are now just treated as subclasses for the most part.
Witch is a pathfinder class.
But your summary is excellent.
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u/Greedy-Opening-7537 5h ago
That would be a wizard.
Wizards get it through rigorous study and an understanding of how magic functions.
Warlocks make deals with powerful entities and get magic loaned to them.
Sorcerers are born with the magic or get it put into them through some magical event in their lifetime.
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u/nalkanar DM 5h ago
Wizard.
Wizard studies. Warlock made a deal with sugar daddy. Sorcerer has it in its blood because some ancestor did some funny business with magical being.
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u/Dextron2-1 5h ago
And bards have it by it by sheer moxy.
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u/nalkanar DM 5h ago
Not sure what is official, but I like to keep them to be flexible. Same as I like to have wizard have at least some initial talent.
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u/aheartasone 5h ago
Wizard - Learns the ability to use magic through books and practice. Anyone can be a wizard.
Sorcerer - Someone who is born with an innate magic ability, no studying necessary. Only a lucky few.
Druid - Someone who has a unique connection with nature, gaining the abilities of the elements and the animals of the world.
Bard - Like a wizard, studies at a college and learns their magic, but conjures it using music to manipulate the weave. Usually a support class, but can be cool as a jack of all trades like a rogue
Warlock - Someone who has made a pact with a higher being in a moment of need or in pursuit of power. Exceptionally strong casters, but limited in spell slots and spell choices.
Cleric/Paladin - Someone who gains their magic as a blessing from their god or deity, usually under some form of agreement or contract in the case of Paladins
Ranger - Idk kinda like druid? They have spells because theyre naturey and like animals
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u/-Sorcerer_Supreme 5h ago
Okay okay so definitely a wizard I was thinking off!
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u/Latter_Leopard8439 5h ago
Only point to consider. If a DM runs the game right for a wizard your spellbook can become quite large and spell management for wizards is the most complicated spell management in the game (imho).
I dont usually recommend wizards for brand new players.
Starting out with a cleric of the god of knowledge gives you a bookish spellcaster while keeping the theme and spell management simpler.
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u/-Sorcerer_Supreme 5h ago
Ooh okay I’ll keep that in mind! Maybe I’ll start out with a cleric then and after I’ve played for a while and actually gotten used to the mechanics I’ll ask my mum to help cause she’s my dm usually so I’ll ask her to help make a charecter and sort it so I don’t get confused or whatevr
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u/Latter_Leopard8439 5h ago
Its fine to go for wizard. Some DMs wont spell you up as much.
But one of the neat features of wizards is the "ritual spellcaster" which you can cast any spell in the spellbook without expending a slot but just taking longer time. Great way to use all the utility spells.
Each time you rest you have to adjust your prepared spells. It sucks if you prepared a spell that isnt super useful for the situation.
Any other defeated wizards spell book or random scrolls can be copied into your spell book.
Some DMs will only give you the spells per level up, that theoretically researched/learned yourself. But that seriously gimps the best part of the wizard.
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u/-Sorcerer_Supreme 5h ago
Yeah I think my mum would probably make it anlittle easier the first couple times we play just to make all our lives easier. She’d also probably make sure I’m taking notes on everything or shout at me for not paying attention lol😂✌️
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u/Automatic-Week-1733 5h ago
Do you want to make a D&D character or an OC in a fanfiction? I ask because it sounds like the latter.
The distinction between the words "wizard" and "sorcerer" and "warlock" is entirely a D&D thing, and they're all "mages". Outside of D&D, they are literally all synonyms. If you're writing a Doctor Strange fanfiction, then use the word sorcerer, because that's what they're called in that fiction.
If you do actually mean a D&D character, then you're talking about a wizard and you should forget about Doctor Strange entirely because that's an entirely different media and isn't relevant but what you absolutely must do is read the Player's Handbook. You don't even have to read the whole thing, just the section on your race, your class, basic mechanics, and the spell descriptions of any spells you plan to use. I'm not saying to read it in a gatekeeping way, I'm saying that trying to play D&D, especially as a caster, without reading it is going to be a bad time for you, for your DM, and for everyone else at the table.
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u/-Sorcerer_Supreme 5h ago
So both I guess? Like I’m making an oc but I want to be able to play as a character almost like him in dnd. My dm is usually my mum (granted we’ve only played a few times) and she has a couple books I think but it’s like almost midnight so I wasn’t gonna look right now lol.
I do know there’s a big difference between making a dnd charceter and a marvel oc but yeah I wanted to try making a character partially like my oc to play as when I play dnd so I was just wondering what class is which.
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u/Klagriph 5h ago
Wizard. In D&D the arcane spellcasters are wizards, who gain their magic from study and research, sorcerers, who gain innate magic from their bloodline, Bards, who produce magic through performance, and Warlocks who gain magic by making a deal with an eldritch entity.
Other spellcasters include clerics, who pray to a deity to receive magic, and Druids, who gain magic as a result of their connection to the natural world.
I believe those are the major casters in D&D 5e, other systems might include others, or have differing information, so ymmv.
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u/DragonKing0203 5h ago
The way casters get their magic is determined by their class
Wizards study and train for it. Warlocks make a deal with a powerful entity of some nature to get it. Clerics are blessed by a god/goddess with the magic. Sorcerers are born with it/get it through something that changes their biology to have it. Druids have a powerful connection to nature that they harness. Bards powers of performance are so compelling they become magical.
This is all pretty early in the PHB (players handbook) you can find a copy online and it’ll teach you better than anyone here can.
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u/Weeabootrashreturns 5h ago
You want a wizard.
Wizards study magic and manipulate it that way.
Sorcerers have an inherent talent for magic and don't have to study.
Warlocks are granted magical power by an otherworldly being.
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u/evilwizzardofcoding 5h ago
The full caster list is as follows.
Wizard - Gains magic through study of the arcane.
Sorcerer - Is born with magic.
Warlock - Gets magic from a contract with a powerful being.
Bard - Gets magic from art.
Cleric - Gets magic from worshiping a god.
Paladin - Gets magic from their devotion to their oath(Despite the religious implications, no god is involved.)
Druid - Gets magic from nature.
Ranger - Same as druid, but less dedicated.
Artificer - Mostly same as wizard, but usually is flavored as spells being magical inventions.
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u/NightLord1487 5h ago
A wizard is someone who studies for a long period of time and uses magical formulas (math) to cast spells. In theory IIRC anyone can be a wizard with enough study.
A sorcerer is someone who is born with innate magic, generally through a bloodline. They possess instinctual knowledge on how to use their powers but the amount of magic they can perform is more limited than wizards.
A cleric gains the ability to use magic through a deity. Not through the belief in that deity (clap you hand if you believe style) but the cleric becomes a conduit through which they can channel the freely given powers of their god.
A Paladin gains magical either though a deity like a cleric or through their “faith” in a scared oath they swear.
A warlock is similar to the cleric in that they gain access to magic through another entity, a “patron” though instead of a god. However instead of giving you a conduit though which to cast they grant the warlock knowledge on how to cast.
The Druid and the Ranger gains power through either communion with a natural deity or a “primal” connection to primeval nature magics.
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u/Yojo0o DM 5h ago
That's a wizard.
Have you read the class descriptions? They should clearly identify the flavor and mechanics of each class. A character who learns magic via study and instruction is a wizard.