Starting a Sorcerer Question (not about picking spells!)

[Red Onion]

Okay, plainly I'm some kind of idiot. Yes, I've read the manual (PDF version, so I may have missed something; not easy to curl up with it) and done repeated forum searches, but I haven't seen this problem, so it must just be me. I'm mid-way through the Underdark with my Stalker and decided to start a new game with a Sorcerer just to see what the hullabaloo is about. Got everything set up, made some halfway-intelligent spellpicks, and here I am in Jon's dungeon with Imoen and Minsc, seeing what I can do about Jaheira's locked cage. But my spellcasting icon is dim and I'm not sure how to cast a spell as a sorcerer! Somebody, please take pity and give me the basics so I (and this post) can slowly slink off into embarassed obscurity.

Many thanks!

[ryaldin]

Have you tried resting? I can't remember if you've got spells memorized when you start as a mage (i'm 98% sure you do) but there may have been, for whatever reason, a bug that thinks that you need to 'refresh' your spell abilities. Other than that, I can't think of anything else that would prevent a sorceror from having spells.

[Pirengle]

Clerics are the only spellcasters with spells memorized at the start of the game. Mages, sorcerers, and bards all need to rest to memorize their spells.

[Red Onion]

You know, I never did try resting; I assumed that the last thing the game would need you to do is to rest while Imoen and everyone keep bugging you to get up and get going. That said, I suppose it makes sense from a roleplaying perspective: probably not a lot of time for spell memorization during all the torturing and experimentation and all ...

Maybe I'll see what I can do about roleplaying this and not resting (i.e., no spells) until after making my daring escape. Hm.

Thanks both for the quick replies!

[ryaldin]

Originally posted by Pirengle: Clerics are the only spellcasters with spells memorized at the start of the game. Mages, sorcerers, and bards all need to rest to memorize their spells.

Hm. I had always thought, for whatever reason, that spellcasters started out with some spells memorized. Or maybe that was only in BG1. Shows what I know.

Originally posted by ryaldin: (i'm 98% sure you do)

Hrmph. 98% indeed. Chinchilla-dom for me.

[SixOfSpades]

Originally posted by Red Onion: ....I suppose it makes sense from a roleplaying perspective: probably not a lot of time for spell memorization during all the torturing and experimentation and all ...

And yet, oddly enough, Imoen has hers memorized....and so does Jaheira. (Way to go, Jaheira, for memorizing Call Lightning in an underground prison!)

[Dundee Slaytern]

Originally posted by SixOfSpades: quote: Originally posted by Red Onion: ....I suppose it makes sense from a roleplaying perspective: probably not a lot of time for spell memorization during all the torturing and experimentation and all ...

And yet, oddly enough, Imoen has hers memorized....and so does Jaheira. (Way to go, Jaheira, for memorizing Call Lightning in an underground prison!) [/QUOTE]The PC just got tortured, while it can be safely assumed that Imoen and Jaheira had a "good" day rest.

[Harkoliar]

red onion: -------------- You know, I never did try resting; I assumed that the last thing the game would need you to do is to rest while Imoen and everyone keep bugging you to get up and get going. That said, I suppose it makes sense from a roleplaying perspective: probably not a lot of time for spell memorization during all the torturing and experimentation and all ...

strange no?

dundee: ---------- The PC just got tortured, while it can be safely assumed that Imoen and Jaheira had a "good" day rest.

i want to hint something else but i might spoil someone [img]tongue.gif[/img] .