I know Sorcerers are usually deemed the king of arcane spellchuckers, but how do they compare to dual classed Mages? Options

[Klorox]

I know the Sorcerer is a totally bad-ass spellcaster, and with spells like Project Image can beat just about anything in the game, but is a Sorcerer a better character than a dual classed Mage who begins as a Thief (for a few skills, like dealing with locks and traps when not casting) or as a Fighter (who has a lot of HP to play with as well as the ability to fire a longbow when spells run out) or even a Cleric (who will still have more HP than a Mage as well as some very different magicks to play with)?

Let the debate begin!

[Ryel ril Ers]

@Klorox

Try the wild mage!
He is the most powerful face in the vanilla game!

You able to cast 6+ spell in the beginning of the game, you have chance to get some nice item from wild surges (i get an Abid Alzem Horrid Wilting) lots of wild surges better then you cast the original spell like the party completely heal or your spells return. There are bad effects but the adventages are more better then the disadventages.