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]

The wild mage equal caster with the sorc, but more dangerous.

The sorcerer has the ability cast narrow selection spell but lots of them and you don't need memorise so always had the good spell for the situation, and what he/she don't know that he can cast from scroll if need.


The sorcerer never need his hp if you are good player, because the enemy cannot hurt him.
The dual class mage always have less spell than a specialist or a sorc. When you reach a new spell level the dual mage started with one spell, the specialist started with two spell, and the sorc three.

All of the traps in the game made and attack (like arrow traps, so cast mirror image), can roll a save (sometimes nothing damage only stun..., but with good saves you can resist it).
You can knock with a girdle and if you cant you have knock.

If you use wisely your spells, then they don't run out, in the important situations you can use wands, summons, or scrolls.

The low level clerical spells are crap except the healing.

And the final adventage the Wish spell. You don't have enough ability score a high intelligence + wisdom with a fighter or a thief dual class.

[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.