Best archetype for sorcerer?

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[RPGFan]

I went regular gold dragon sorcerer, put as many points in cha as you can with con as your 2nd stat and int as your third. You don't really need dex. Be sure you get spells that you will use forever, magic missile is a must 1st level pick. You can't trade spells out of respec. Get fireball at level 6 that will be your bread and butter for awhile.

Also get spell focus evocation and greater spell focus evocation for feats early on. You can go dragon disciple if you want to go tankier but that's a different build than the caster one I just listed.

[Shower With Joe Dad Simulator]

None, because the feats are broken.

But depends on what you are trying to do, Some are better at summoning and summoning is very powerful.

Dragon is good if u want to go down tankier/melee hybrid

Arcane or Sage is good if u want the strongest spells IMO.

[Kyutaru]

I've seen people suggest the one that can switch its Charisma casting for Wisdom. This lets you multiclass the sorcerer for Mystic Theurge builds.

[AzureTheGamerKobold]

Originally posted by Kyutaru:

I've seen people suggest the one that can switch its Charisma casting for Wisdom. This lets you multiclass the sorcerer for Mystic Theurge builds.

this it's really only reason to use an archtype otherwise just do a basic one and choose a bloodline that works for what you want.

[Turkwise]

Originally posted by RPGFan:

I went regular gold dragon sorcerer, put as many points in cha as you can with con as your 2nd stat and int as your third. You don't really need dex. Be sure you get spells that you will use forever, magic missile is a must 1st level pick. You can't trade spells out of respec. Get fireball at level 6 that will be your bread and butter for awhile.

Also get spell focus evocation and greater spell focus evocation for feats early on. You can go dragon disciple if you want to go tankier but that's a different build than the caster one I just listed.

What? Dex is pretty damn important on most sorcerers.

Also spell focus on sorcerer is broken right now

[Selvokaz]

depends on what you want to do with your sorcerer.
If you're going to become a Master of Many Forms, I'd suggest picking a draconic bloodline, and putting a 18 into cha and focusing on your physical stats, Str Con primarily, with a 14 dex at the most. Half Elf Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer looking to go Dragon Disciple should look something like this at first level Str: 14, Dex 13, Con 14, Int 12, Wis 10, Cha 18, raise dex 1 at 4th level, and work on pumping up Con for the rest of the build. Polymorphing is the name of the game and Dragon Disciple builds up your BAB, Fort and Will, physical stats + HP enough that you can stand in the frontline while polymorphed.

I just realized the question wasn't the best bloodline but rather archetype. In that case, it depends on race. If you're a race that doesn't get a Cha bonus then Sorcerer has you covered with a archetype. Elves usually go with Sage, Dwarves usually go with Empyreal (Celestial Dwarves), Gnomes and Gnomes usually pick normal sorcerer, Humans, Half Orcs and Half Elves usually can go either way depending on how they build their stats. Considering the Sorcerer Archetypes really only change 1 or 2 things in a particular bloodline its all about that flavor and race optimization.