Sorcerer

Kind

Class

Hit points at level 1

6 + Constitution modifier

Hit points per level

4 + Constitution modifier

Hit die

d6

Primary ability

Charisma

Spellcasting ability

Charisma

Sorcerers are natural spellcasters, drawing on inherent magic from a gift or bloodline.

Level progression

Level by level, from the game's progression table: what you get, what you choose, and when you pick a subclass or a feat.

1. Level 1
   Proficiency in 2 skills

   Arcana, Deception, Insight, Intimidation, Persuasion, Religion

   Learn 4 spells

   Blade Ward, Booming Blade, Bursting Sinew, Acid Splash, Mage Hand, Poison Spray, True Strike, Friends, Dancing Lights, Fire Bolt, Light, Ray of Frost, Shocking Grasp, Minor Illusion, Bone Chill

   Learn 2 spells

   Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Fog Cloud, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

   Ability bonuses at character creation (+2 and +1)

   Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma

   Proficiency in Constitution saving throws · Proficiency in Charisma saving throws · Proficiency with daggers · Proficiency with quarterstaffs · Proficiency with light crossbows

   +2 1st-level spell slots

   Choose a subclass

2. Level 2
   Learn 1 spell

   Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Fog Cloud, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

   Gains 2 spells

   Create Sorcery Points, Create Spell Slot

   Choose 2

   Metamagic: Careful Spell, Metamagic: Distant Spell, Metamagic: Extended Spell, Metamagic: Twinned Spell

   +2 Sorcery Point

   +1 1st-level spell slot

3. Level 3
   Choose 1

   Metamagic: Careful Spell, Metamagic: Distant Spell, Metamagic: Extended Spell, Metamagic: Heightened Spell, Metamagic: Quickened Spell, Metamagic: Subtle Spell, Metamagic: Twinned Spell

   Learn 1 spell

   Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enhance Ability, Enlarge/Reduce, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Fog Cloud, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

   +1 Sorcery Point

   +1 1st-level spell slot · +2 2nd-level spell slots

4. Level 4
   Learn 1 spell

   Blade Ward, Booming Blade, Bursting Sinew, Acid Splash, Mage Hand, Poison Spray, True Strike, Friends, Dancing Lights, Fire Bolt, Light, Ray of Frost, Shocking Grasp, Minor Illusion, Bone Chill

   Learn 1 spell

   Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enhance Ability, Enlarge/Reduce, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Fog Cloud, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

   +1 Sorcery Point

   +1 2nd-level spell slot

   Feat (Ability Improvement or another feat)

5. Level 5
   Learn 1 spell

   Blink, Counterspell, Daylight, Fear, Fireball, Grant Flight, Gaseous Form, Haste, Hypnotic Pattern, Lightning Bolt, Protection from Energy, Sleet Storm, Slow, Stinking Cloud, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enhance Ability, Enlarge/Reduce, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Fog Cloud, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

   +1 Sorcery Point

   +2 3rd-level spell slots

6. Level 6
   Learn 1 spell

   Blink, Counterspell, Daylight, Fear, Fireball, Grant Flight, Gaseous Form, Haste, Hypnotic Pattern, Lightning Bolt, Protection from Energy, Sleet Storm, Slow, Stinking Cloud, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enhance Ability, Enlarge/Reduce, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Fog Cloud, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

   +1 Sorcery Point

   +1 3rd-level spell slot

7. Level 7
   Learn 1 spell

   Banishment, Blight, Confusion, Dimension Door, Dominate Beast, Greater Invisibility, Ice Storm, Polymorph, Stoneskin, Wall of Fire, Blink, Counterspell, Daylight, Fear, Fireball, Grant Flight, Gaseous Form, Haste, Hypnotic Pattern, Lightning Bolt, Protection from Energy, Sleet Storm, Slow, Stinking Cloud, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enhance Ability, Enlarge/Reduce, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Fog Cloud, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

   +1 Sorcery Point

   +1 4th-level spell slot

8. Level 8
   Learn 1 spell

   Banishment, Blight, Confusion, Dimension Door, Dominate Beast, Greater Invisibility, Ice Storm, Polymorph, Stoneskin, Wall of Fire, Blink, Counterspell, Daylight, Fear, Fireball, Grant Flight, Gaseous Form, Haste, Hypnotic Pattern, Lightning Bolt, Protection from Energy, Sleet Storm, Slow, Stinking Cloud, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enhance Ability, Enlarge/Reduce, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Fog Cloud, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

   +1 Sorcery Point

   +1 4th-level spell slot

   Feat (Ability Improvement or another feat)

9. Level 9
   Learn 1 spell

   Cloudkill, Cone of Cold, Dominate Person, Hold Monster, Insect Plague, Seeming, Telekinesis, Wall of Stone, Banishment, Blight, Confusion, Dimension Door, Dominate Beast, Greater Invisibility, Ice Storm, Polymorph, Stoneskin, Wall of Fire, Blink, Counterspell, Daylight, Fear, Fireball, Grant Flight, Gaseous Form, Haste, Hypnotic Pattern, Lightning Bolt, Protection from Energy, Sleet Storm, Slow, Stinking Cloud, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enhance Ability, Enlarge/Reduce, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Fog Cloud, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

   +1 Sorcery Point

   +1 4th-level spell slot · +1 5th-level spell slot

10. Level 10
    Learn 1 spell

    Blade Ward, Booming Blade, Bursting Sinew, Acid Splash, Mage Hand, Poison Spray, True Strike, Friends, Dancing Lights, Fire Bolt, Light, Ray of Frost, Shocking Grasp, Minor Illusion, Bone Chill

    Choose 1

    Metamagic: Careful Spell, Metamagic: Distant Spell, Metamagic: Extended Spell, Metamagic: Heightened Spell, Metamagic: Quickened Spell, Metamagic: Subtle Spell, Metamagic: Twinned Spell

    Learn 1 spell

    Cloudkill, Cone of Cold, Dominate Person, Hold Monster, Insect Plague, Seeming, Telekinesis, Wall of Stone, Banishment, Blight, Confusion, Dimension Door, Dominate Beast, Greater Invisibility, Ice Storm, Polymorph, Stoneskin, Wall of Fire, Blink, Counterspell, Daylight, Fear, Fireball, Grant Flight, Gaseous Form, Haste, Hypnotic Pattern, Lightning Bolt, Protection from Energy, Sleet Storm, Slow, Stinking Cloud, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enhance Ability, Enlarge/Reduce, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Fog Cloud, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

    +1 Sorcery Point

    +1 5th-level spell slot

11. Level 11
    Learn 1 spell

    Arcane Gate, Chain Lightning, Circle of Death, Disintegrate, Eyebite, Globe of Invulnerability, Sunbeam, Cloudkill, Cone of Cold, Dominate Person, Hold Monster, Insect Plague, Seeming, Telekinesis, Wall of Stone, Banishment, Blight, Confusion, Dimension Door, Dominate Beast, Greater Invisibility, Ice Storm, Polymorph, Stoneskin, Wall of Fire, Blink, Counterspell, Daylight, Fear, Fireball, Grant Flight, Gaseous Form, Haste, Hypnotic Pattern, Lightning Bolt, Protection from Energy, Sleet Storm, Slow, Stinking Cloud, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enhance Ability, Enlarge/Reduce, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Fog Cloud, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

    +1 Sorcery Point

    +1 6th-level spell slot

12. Level 12
    Learn 1 spell

    Arcane Gate, Chain Lightning, Circle of Death, Disintegrate, Eyebite, Globe of Invulnerability, Sunbeam, Cloudkill, Cone of Cold, Dominate Person, Hold Monster, Insect Plague, Seeming, Telekinesis, Wall of Stone, Banishment, Blight, Confusion, Dimension Door, Dominate Beast, Greater Invisibility, Ice Storm, Polymorph, Stoneskin, Wall of Fire, Blink, Counterspell, Daylight, Fear, Fireball, Grant Flight, Gaseous Form, Haste, Hypnotic Pattern, Lightning Bolt, Protection from Energy, Sleet Storm, Slow, Stinking Cloud, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enhance Ability, Enlarge/Reduce, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Fog Cloud, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

    +1 Sorcery Point

    Feat (Ability Improvement or another feat)

Spell slots by level

Running totals of the slots each level adds in the progression table, for a single-class character.

Class resources by level

Hit points by level

6 at level 1, then 4 per level, plus the Constitution modifier at every level (single-class).

Spells 95

Always known or prepared

• Create Sorcery Points · Action, level 2
• Create Spell Slot · Action, level 2

Can pick

• Acid Splash · Cantrip, from level 1
• Blade Ward · Cantrip, from level 1
• Bone Chill · Cantrip, from level 1
• Bursting Sinew · Cantrip, from level 1
• Dancing Lights · Cantrip, from level 1
• Fire Bolt · Cantrip, from level 1
• Friends · Cantrip, from level 1
• Light · Cantrip, from level 1
• Mage Hand · Cantrip, from level 1
• Minor Illusion · Cantrip, from level 1
• Poison Spray · Cantrip, from level 1
• Ray of Frost · Cantrip, from level 1
• Shocking Grasp · Cantrip, from level 1
• True Strike · Cantrip, from level 1
• Burning Hands · Level 1, from level 1
• Charm Person · Level 1, from level 1
• Chromatic Orb · Level 1, from level 1
• Colour Spray · Level 1, from level 1
• Disguise Self · Level 1, from level 1
• Enhance Leap · Level 1, from level 1
• Expeditious Retreat · Level 1, from level 1
• False Life · Level 1, from level 1
• Feather Fall · Level 1, from level 1
• Fog Cloud · Level 1, from level 1
• Ice Knife · Level 1, from level 1
• Mage Armour · Level 1, from level 1
• Magic Missile · Level 1, from level 1
• Ray of Sickness · Level 1, from level 1
• Shield · Level 1, from level 1
• Sleep · Level 1, from level 1
• Thunderwave · Level 1, from level 1
• Witch Bolt · Level 1, from level 1
• Blindness · Level 2, from level 3
• Blur · Level 2, from level 3
• Cloud of Daggers · Level 2, from level 3
• Crown of Madness · Level 2, from level 3
• Darkness · Level 2, from level 3
• Darkvision · Level 2, from level 3
• Detect Thoughts · Level 2, from level 3
• Enhance Ability · Level 2, from level 3
• Enlarge/Reduce · Level 2, from level 3
• Gust of Wind · Level 2, from level 3
• Hold Person · Level 2, from level 3
• Invisibility · Level 2, from level 3
• Knock · Level 2, from level 3
• Mirror Image · Level 2, from level 3
• Misty Step · Level 2, from level 3
• Phantasmal Force · Level 2, from level 3
• Scorching Ray · Level 2, from level 3
• See Invisibility · Level 2, from level 3
• Shadow Blade · Level 2, from level 3
• Shatter · Level 2, from level 3
• Web · Level 2, from level 3
• Blink · Level 3, from level 5
• Counterspell · Level 3, from level 5
• Daylight · Level 3, from level 5
• Fear · Level 3, from level 5
• Fireball · Level 3, from level 5
• Gaseous Form · Level 3, from level 5
• Grant Flight · Level 3, from level 5
• Haste · Level 3, from level 5
• Hypnotic Pattern · Level 3, from level 5
• Lightning Bolt · Level 3, from level 5
• Protection from Energy · Level 3, from level 5
• Sleet Storm · Level 3, from level 5
• Slow · Level 3, from level 5
• Stinking Cloud · Level 3, from level 5
• Banishment · Level 4, from level 7
• Blight · Level 4, from level 7
• Confusion · Level 4, from level 7
• Dimension Door · Level 4, from level 7
• Dominate Beast · Level 4, from level 7
• Greater Invisibility · Level 4, from level 7
• Ice Storm · Level 4, from level 7
• Polymorph · Level 4, from level 7
• Stoneskin · Level 4, from level 7
• Wall of Fire · Level 4, from level 7
• Cloudkill · Level 5, from level 9
• Cone of Cold · Level 5, from level 9
• Dominate Person · Level 5, from level 9
• Hold Monster · Level 5, from level 9
• Insect Plague · Level 5, from level 9
• Seeming · Level 5, from level 9
• Telekinesis · Level 5, from level 9
• Wall of Stone · Level 5, from level 9
• Arcane Gate · Level 6, from level 11
• Chain Lightning · Level 6, from level 11
• Circle of Death · Level 6, from level 11
• Disintegrate · Level 6, from level 11
• Eyebite · Level 6, from level 11
• Globe of Invulnerability · Level 6, from level 11
• Sunbeam · Level 6, from level 11
• Booming Blade · Action, from level 1