[ratchild]

As far as sorcerers, their spells are based on their charisma. You get to pick only a certain amount of spells per level and cannot scribe scrolls like a wizard, but instead of having to preselect from all your spells which spells you memorize then having to rest to gain them, you can cast any spell from your list as many times as you have spells available. so say at lvl 1 you pick magic missile and sleep, and can cast 4 spells. you could possible cast 4 MM, 4 sleep... or 2 sleep and 2 MM... or any combination of your 2 spells, up to 4 times. Confuse you more or help?