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Sorcerers wield innate magic that is stamped into their being. Some Sorcerers can’t name the origin of their power, while others trace it to strange events in their personal or family history. The touch of a dragon, the blessing of a dryad at a baby’s birth, or the strike of lightning from a clear sky might spark a Sorcerer’s gift.

Multiclassing and the Sorcerer. You must have a Charisma score of 13 or higher in order to multiclass in or out of this class.

Creating a Sorcerer

Level 2: Font of Magic

You can tap into the wellspring of magic within yourself. This wellspring is represented by Sorcery Points, which allow you to create a variety of magical effects.

You have 2 Sorcery Points, and you gain more as you reach higher levels, as shown in the Sorcery Points column of the Sorcerer table. You can never have more Sorcery Points than the number shown on the table for your level. You regain all spent Sorcery Points when you finish a Long Rest.

You can use your Sorcery Points to fuel the options below, along with other features, such as Metamagic, that use those points.

Converting Spell Slots to Sorcery Points. You can expend a spell slot to gain a number of Sorcery Points equal to the slot’s level (no action required).

Creating Spell Slots. As a Bonus Action, you can transform unexpended Sorcery Points into one spell slot. The Creating Spell Slots table shows the cost of creating a spell slot of a given level, and it lists the minimum Sorcerer level you must be to create a slot. You can create a spell slot no higher in level than 5.

Any spell slot you create with this feature vanishes when you finish a Long Rest.

Level 2: Metamagic

Because your magic flows from within you, you can alter your spells to suit your needs; you gain two Metamagic options of your choice from the “Metamagic Options” section below. You gain two more when you become a level 10 Sorcerer and two more when you become a level 17 Sorcerer.

You can use only one Metamagic option on a spell when you cast it, unless otherwise noted in one of those options.

Whenever you gain a Sorcerer level, you can replace one of your Metamagic options with one you don’t know.

Metamagic Options

The following options are available to your Metamagic features. The options are presented in alphabetical order.

• Careful Spell (1 Sorcery Point). When you cast a spell that forces other creatures to make a saving throw, you can protect some of those creatures from the spell’s full force. To do so, you spend 1 Sorcery Point and choose a number of those creatures up to your Charisma modifier (minimum of one creature). A chosen creature automatically succeeds on its saving throw against the spell, and it takes no damage if it would normally take half damage on a successful save.

• Distant Spell (1 Sorcery Point). When you cast a spell that has a range of 5 feet or greater, you can spend 1 sorcery point to double the range of the spell.
  • When you cast a spell that has a range of touch, you can spend 1 sorcery point to make the range of the spell 30 feet.

• Empowered Spell (1 Sorcery Point). When you roll damage for a spell, you can spend 1 sorcery point to reroll a number of the damage dice up to your Charisma modifier (minimum of one). You must use the new rolls.
  • You can use Empowered Spell even if you have already used a different Metamagic option during the casting of the spell.

• Extended Spell (1 Sorcery Point). When you cast a spell that has a duration of 1 minute or longer, you can spend 1 Sorcery Point to double its duration, to a maximum duration of 24 hours.

If the affected spell requires Concentration, you have Advantage on any saving throw you make to maintain that Concentration.

• Heightened Spell (2 Sorcery Points). When you cast a spell that forces a creature to make a saving throw to resist its effects, you can spend 2 Sorcery Points to give one target of the spell Disadvantage on its saving throws against the spell.

• Quickened Spell (2 Sorcery Points). When you cast a spell that has a casting time of an action, you can spend 2 Sorcery Points to change the casting time to a Bonus Action for this casting. You can’t modify a spell in this way if you’ve already cast a spell of level 1 or higher on the current turn, nor can you cast a spell of level 1 or higher on this turn after modifying a spell in this way.

• Seeking Spell (1 Sorcery Point). If you make an attack roll for a spell and miss, you can spend 1 Sorcery Point to reroll the d20, and you must use the new roll.
  • You can use Seeking Spell even if you have already used a different Metamagic option during the casting of the spell.

• Subtle Spell (1 Sorcery Point). When you cast a spell, you can spend 1 Sorcery Point to cast it without any Verbal, Somatic, or Material components, except Material components that are consumed by the spell or that have a cost specified in the spell.

• Sympathetic Spell (Homebrew). When you cast a spell with a range of Self, you may spend Sorcery Points equal to the half the spell's level (rounded up) to instead target any creature of your choice within 5 feet of you. Cantrips cost 1 sorcery point.

• Transmuted Spell (1 Sorcery Point). When you cast a spell that deals a type of damage from the following list, you can spend 1 Sorcery Point to change that damage type to one of the other listed types: Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison, Thunder.

• Twinned Spell (1 Sorcery Point). When you cast a spell, such as Charm Person or Hold Person, that can be cast with a higher-level spell slot to target an additional creature, you can spend 1 Sorcery Point to increase the spell’s effective level by 1.

Level 4: Ability Score Improvement

When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

Level 5: Sorcerous Restoration

When you roll Initiative or finish a Short Rest and have no Sorcery Points remaining, you regain a number of those points equal to your Sorcerer level divided by five (round down).

Level 7: Sorcery Incarnate

While your Innate Sorcery feature is active, you can use up to two of your Metamagic options on each spell you cast.

In addition, if you have no uses of Innate Sorcery left, you can use it if you spend 2 Sorcery Points when you take the Bonus Action to activate it.

Level 20: Arcane Apotheosis

While your Innate Sorcery feature is active, you can use one Metamagic option on each of your turns without spending Sorcery Points on it.