Upon the Pyre: Sadists for Sorcery pt.1

Welcome back to the killing fields. Look at the fresh bodies, still smoking! Oh, how I love Sorcerers! No, the bodies were not wizards – mostly. They were harvested by the Dark Elves, servants of Khaine and the Witch King. Their prowess on the battlefield is incredible but there have been… accidents. Sometimes, you’ll find a Sorcerer on these fields brought here through his own hatred. It consumes you, you know.

Another week has passed and that means it’s time for another edition of Upon the Pyre! Today, we’re going to look at one of the most fun, and most deadly, classes in the game. As many of you may know, my main character is a Sorcerer. Yes, he’s a guy and, yes, you could barely tell through the first few ranks.

When I loaded up the character creation screen for the first time, I’ll admit that I was still undecided. I’d been following the game for some time and there were things that appealed to me about every class. I’d been reading the Malus Darkblade novels though, so I was leaning towards the Dark Elf race.

The one thing I knew for sure was that I didn’t want to make the same mistake I made in WoW. There, I rolled an “easy” class first, to learn the ropes. I played a warrior, when my inner magician cried out for a mage. So, looking through the Dark Elf classes, I decided to satiate that inner voice and create a Sorcerer.

It’s been a lot of fun and I’d encourage anyone to give the class a try. So, in this article, we’ll be looking at what the Sorcerer is, what it is not, and why, oh why, is it so much fun.

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