

Sorcerers are mages with power that comes from within. We shall know the identity of your fire-breathing ancestor yet!” “That date tells us everything! There is a copy of the Draconomicon within this library. “Come, boy!” he said at last, practically twirling away from the table. No recorded partner, yet she bore several children in… the year 1263.” The wizard glanced at the gold scales on the back of the sorcerer’s hand, and thought for a moment. The wizard swooped over, putting one hand on the boy’s shoulder, forcing him back into his seat, and one hand upon the table.

The sorcerer stood bolt-upright, knocking over his chair and, once more, scattering a half-dozen ancient scrolls. The sorcerer’s eyes, half-closed with exhaustion and strain from the dim candlelight, suddenly shot wide open. Golden scales-the sign of a union with a gold dragon somewhere in his bloodline. The sorcerer scratched idly at the patch of scales upon the back of his hand. If the wizard’s explanations were to be believed, it came from an ancient ancestor. I don’t need books, he thought to himself, as he skimmed down column after column of birth records. Only two weeks they had been traveling together, and already this elf was trying to teach him wizardry.

Starting with your genealogy is a good enough place as any, if it is a topic that interests you.”

Yet reading is a skill you would do well to cultivate, young pup, if you wish to develop true skill with the arcane arts. “Not in your entire life, eh? I believe you. The wizard shook his head, his long, starlight-silver hair shimmering in glow of the sorcerer’s dancing lights. The sorcerer was a human, barely an adult, and practically a child by the stands of the elven wizard that stood over him. He collapsed back into his chair, sending scroll cases tumbling with the impact. “My mother, my grandmother, my great-grandmother-I swear, I haven’t done this much reading in my entire life!” the sorcerer exclaimed. This primal magic is reflected in your spell list, but it can also manifest in unusual ways-such as your draconic mutations! Story of the Draconic Bloodline Class is in session, and though your sorcerer doesn’t need to study magic, it won’t hurt if you brushed up on your sorcerer-playing skills! A sorcerer learns their spells through inspiration and discovery, not through study or bargaining, like a wizard or a warlock might.
