Wildmage what?

Balhifet · 06-12-2003, 01:37 AM

Hey, everyone!

Ive just finished bg2 a month ago, got the money for ToB but i jst wanna ask what is the diff frm a mage and a wild mage??

Pls enlighten me

Spelca · 06-12-2003, 02:29 AM

Oh, and a sorcerer too. Just don't say to read it in the manual, because I have, and I still don't get it. [img]tongue.gif[/img] Thanks.

Vedran · 06-12-2003, 04:22 AM

Wild mage is essentially a mage that has a chance (with every casting) to get an unexpected effect. That is called wild surge. For example, you want to cast a fireball on that goblin, but suddenly you realize that you became the spells target. Reload.
There are good effects, too. You cast Chromatic Orb (+6 save bonus), but the surge says that the spell allows no save [img]smile.gif[/img] .

Sorcerer is a mage-like spellcaster who doesn't learn spells from scrolls, he chooses them as he gains levels. He also doesn't have to choose which spells he wants to memorize before rest - he can cast any spell he knows.
For example, a sorc knows these 1st level spells: Magic Missile, Grease and Armour, and he can cast five first level spells. So he can cast either five MMs, or one Greas and four Armours, or two MMs, one Armour, and two Greases, etc.
Sorcerer has no primary abilities. Intelligence doesn't do anything useful for him as it does for mages.

[ 06-12-2003, 04:29 AM: Message edited by: Vedran ]

Spelca · 06-12-2003, 05:44 AM

Ahh, so a wild mage is a mage, just that every once in a while the spell can blow up in your face? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[ 06-12-2003, 05:45 AM: Message edited by: Spelca ]

Indemaijinj · 06-12-2003, 06:43 AM

Yeah, essentially. He has a few perks in addition in form of special wild mage spells.

One of them, Nahal's Reckless Dweomer, is a level 1 spell that allows the wizard to chose any other spell he knows as it's actual effect. It is, however, almost certain to produce a wild surge instead. Good once wild surges start to produce good effects.

Chaos Shield and Improved Chaos Shield. Two spells that lessen the bad effects of wild surges somewhat.

Dragonshadow · 06-12-2003, 08:40 AM

Wild mages are more unpredictable.
Sourcerers have a set number of spells: eg 5 level ones.

Mages are yer ordanary types

Balhifet · 06-13-2003, 01:54 AM

How do they come into the game anyway?

Are there anymore classes besides wmages??

Indemaijinj · 06-13-2003, 04:13 AM

The wild mage appears as one of the specialist mage choices.

As long as you have ToB installed you can play one in SoA as well.

SixOfSpades · 06-16-2003, 03:06 AM

Note that the game looks on Sorcerers and Wild Mages as wholly separate classes, NOT as Mage kits. This means that if you take a Mage character imported from BG1, you will *not* be able to make him/her into a Wild Mage or Sorcerer in BG2. (Shadowkeeper beckons, however....) You also cannot create a Sorcerer or Wild Mage in BG2, and later Dual-class them into something else.

Grojlach · 06-16-2003, 03:33 AM

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Originally posted by SixOfSpades:
Note that the game looks on Sorcerers and Wild Mages as wholly separate classes, NOT as Mage kits. This means that if you take a Mage character imported from BG1, you will *not* be able to make him/her into a Wild Mage or Sorcerer in BG2. (Shadowkeeper beckons, however....) You also cannot create a Sorcerer or Wild Mage in BG2, and later Dual-class them into something else.

To be fair, it wouldn't really make much sense to "suddenly" become a Sorcerer. You are born as someone with Sorcerer-like abilities or not at all. Within the 3rd edition D&D rules, Sorcerers are treated as a completely different class altogether as well, and I'm glad BG2 didn't make that mistake.

06-12-2003, 01:37 AM	#1
Balhifet The Magister Join Date: October 16, 2002 Location: SULDANESSELLAR Age: 38 Posts: 139	Hey, everyone! Ive just finished bg2 a month ago, got the money for ToB but i jst wanna ask what is the diff frm a mage and a wild mage?? Pls enlighten me __________________ <br />\"The Lord of Murder shall perish,<br />but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny.<br />Chaos shall be sown from their passage....\"<br />-So Sayeth the wise Alaundo

06-12-2003, 02:29 AM	#2
Spelca Emerald Dragon Join Date: January 3, 2002 Location: From Slovenia, in Sweden Age: 43 Posts: 931	Oh, and a sorcerer too. Just don't say to read it in the manual, because I have, and I still don't get it. [img]tongue.gif[/img] Thanks. __________________ At one time or another there will be a choice: you or the wall. (J. Winterson)

06-12-2003, 04:22 AM	#3
Vedran Lord Soth Join Date: July 28, 2002 Location: Sisak, Croatia Age: 40 Posts: 1,930	Wild mage is essentially a mage that has a chance (with every casting) to get an unexpected effect. That is called wild surge. For example, you want to cast a fireball on that goblin, but suddenly you realize that you became the spells target. Reload. There are good effects, too. You cast Chromatic Orb (+6 save bonus), but the surge says that the spell allows no save [img]smile.gif[/img] . Sorcerer is a mage-like spellcaster who doesn't learn spells from scrolls, he chooses them as he gains levels. He also doesn't have to choose which spells he wants to memorize before rest - he can cast any spell he knows. For example, a sorc knows these 1st level spells: Magic Missile, Grease and Armour, and he can cast five first level spells. So he can cast either five MMs, or one Greas and four Armours, or two MMs, one Armour, and two Greases, etc. Sorcerer has no primary abilities. Intelligence doesn't do anything useful for him as it does for mages. [ 06-12-2003, 04:29 AM: Message edited by: Vedran ] __________________ Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, adhuc dulcius pro patria vivere. (It is sweet and glorius to die for one's homeland, even sweeter to live for it) Horatio

06-12-2003, 05:44 AM	#4
Spelca Emerald Dragon Join Date: January 3, 2002 Location: From Slovenia, in Sweden Age: 43 Posts: 931	Ahh, so a wild mage is a mage, just that every once in a while the spell can blow up in your face? [img]tongue.gif[/img] [ 06-12-2003, 05:45 AM: Message edited by: Spelca ] __________________ At one time or another there will be a choice: you or the wall. (J. Winterson)

06-12-2003, 06:43 AM	#5
Indemaijinj Symbol of Cyric Join Date: June 15, 2002 Location: Denmark Age: 44 Posts: 1,163	Yeah, essentially. He has a few perks in addition in form of special wild mage spells. One of them, Nahal's Reckless Dweomer, is a level 1 spell that allows the wizard to chose any other spell he knows as it's actual effect. It is, however, almost certain to produce a wild surge instead. Good once wild surges start to produce good effects. Chaos Shield and Improved Chaos Shield. Two spells that lessen the bad effects of wild surges somewhat. __________________ The Bleak Caballero<br /><br />Proud and original member (and secret admirer) of the Pro-Mazzy movement.

06-12-2003, 08:40 AM	#6
Dragonshadow Quth-Maren Join Date: February 17, 2003 Location: Portsmouth Age: 35 Posts: 4,145	Wild mages are more unpredictable. Sourcerers have a set number of spells: eg 5 level ones. Mages are yer ordanary types __________________ aka Loc der Graf, Quillruke

06-13-2003, 01:54 AM	#7
Balhifet The Magister Join Date: October 16, 2002 Location: SULDANESSELLAR Age: 38 Posts: 139	How do they come into the game anyway? Are there anymore classes besides wmages?? __________________ <br />\"The Lord of Murder shall perish,<br />but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny.<br />Chaos shall be sown from their passage....\"<br />-So Sayeth the wise Alaundo

06-13-2003, 04:13 AM	#8
Indemaijinj Symbol of Cyric Join Date: June 15, 2002 Location: Denmark Age: 44 Posts: 1,163	The wild mage appears as one of the specialist mage choices. As long as you have ToB installed you can play one in SoA as well. __________________ The Bleak Caballero<br /><br />Proud and original member (and secret admirer) of the Pro-Mazzy movement.

06-16-2003, 03:06 AM	#9
SixOfSpades Dracolisk Join Date: September 16, 2001 Location: Bellingham, WA, USA Age: 48 Posts: 6,901	Note that the game looks on Sorcerers and Wild Mages as wholly separate classes, NOT as Mage kits. This means that if you take a Mage character imported from BG1, you will not be able to make him/her into a Wild Mage or Sorcerer in BG2. (Shadowkeeper beckons, however....) You also cannot create a Sorcerer or Wild Mage in BG2, and later Dual-class them into something else. __________________ Volothamp's Comeuppance Everything you ever needed to know about the entire Baldur's Gate series......except spoilers.

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