[RPG] Sorcerer known spells per sorcerer level per spell level

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I wondering how many spells known per sorcerer level per spell level. I haven't seen any specific clarification around this.

I know sorcerers know a specific number of spells per sorcerer level, but how many spells do they know per spell level?

For example, at level 5, sorcerers will get level 3 spells. Is it possible for them to learn 4 or more spells at that level? I know that they will get 2 spells at level 5 and have the ability to switch a lower-level spell slot to 3 but that would only get them to 3.

Best Answer

For Sorcerers, this is what the Table Looks like:

For the purposes of this example, we're going to assume that this hypothetical sorcerer always replaces one of their lowest level known spells with a spell of the highest level possible for their level, wherever possible.

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║ Level ║ Max 1st ║ Max 2nd ║ Max 3rd ║ Max 4th ║ Max 5th ║ Max 6th ║ Max 7th ║ Max 8th ║ Max 9th ║ Notes ║
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║ 1     ║ 2       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║       ║
║ 2     ║ 3       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║       ║
║ 3     ║ 2(4)    ║ 2       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║       ║
║ 4     ║ 1(5)    ║ 4       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║       ║
║ 5     ║ 0(6)    ║ 4(6)    ║ 2       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║       ║
║ 6     ║ 0(7)    ║ 3(7)    ║ 4       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║       ║
║ 7     ║ 0(8)    ║ 2(8)    ║ 4(6)    ║ 2       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║       ║
║ 8     ║ 0(9)    ║ 1(9)    ║ 4(8)    ║ 4       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║       ║
║ 9     ║ 0(10)   ║ 0(10)   ║ 4(10)   ║ 4(6)    ║ 2       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║       ║
║ 10    ║ 0(11)   ║ 0(11)   ║ 3(11)   ║ 4(8)    ║ 4       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║       ║
║ 11    ║ 0(12)   ║ 0(12)   ║ 2(12)   ║ 4(10)   ║ 4(6)    ║ 2       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║       ║
║ 12    ║ 0(12)   ║ 0(12)   ║ 1(12)   ║ 4(11)   ║ 4(7)    ║ 3       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ *     ║
║ 13    ║ 0(13)   ║ 0(13)   ║ 0(13)   ║ 4(13)   ║ 4(9)    ║ 3(5)    ║ 2       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║       ║
║ 14    ║ 0(13)   ║ 0(13)   ║ 0(13)   ║ 3(13)   ║ 4(10)   ║ 3(6)    ║ 3       ║ 0       ║ 0       ║ *     ║
║ 15    ║ 0(14)   ║ 0(14)   ║ 0(14)   ║ 2(14)   ║ 4(12)   ║ 3(8)    ║ 3(5)    ║ 2       ║ 0       ║       ║
║ 16    ║ 0(14)   ║ 0(14)   ║ 0(14)   ║ 1(14)   ║ 4(13)   ║ 3(9)    ║ 3(6)    ║ 3       ║ 0       ║ *     ║
║ 17    ║ 0(15)   ║ 0(15)   ║ 0(15)   ║ 0(15)   ║ 4(15)   ║ 3(11)   ║ 3(8)    ║ 3(5)    ║ 2       ║       ║
║ 18    ║ 0(15)   ║ 0(15)   ║ 0(15)   ║ 0(15)   ║ 3(15)   ║ 3(12)   ║ 3(9)    ║ 3(6)    ║ 3       ║ *     ║
║ 19    ║ 0(15)   ║ 0(15)   ║ 0(15)   ║ 0(15)   ║ 2(15)   ║ 3(13)   ║ 3(10)   ║ 3(7)    ║ 4       ║ *     ║
║ 20    ║ 0(15)   ║ 0(15)   ║ 0(15)   ║ 0(15)   ║ 1(15)   ║ 3(14)   ║ 3(11)   ║ 3(8)    ║ 5       ║ *     ║
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Any entry marked with an asterisk (*) represents a level where the total number of known spells does not change.

How to use this table

For each Spell Level, the number outside the parenthesis represents how many spells you'd know of that level if you follow the edict I set out above, and the number inside the parenthesis represents the maximum possible number of spells that you can know at that level. Entries where there is no parenthesis are entries where the two numbers are identical.

So for example, a Sorcerer of Level 13 can:

  • Have all their spells be any combination of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th level spells.
  • Know a maximum of 9 5th level spells
  • Know a maximum of 5 6th level spells
  • Know a maximum of 2 7th level spells

Let me know if this information is confusing or doesn't fully answer the question.

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