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I have a technical question. I'm thinking about creating a drow monk who is of the order of Shar, which means he can multiclass into a sorcerer. Can such a monk cast the Sunbeam or sunscorch spells without getting hurt because he is a drow? Seems a bit of a paradox: drow can't stand sunlight, but if the drow is a sorcerer, he should be able to cast the sunbeam without getting hurt.

Any advice would be most appreciated.

No worries as Sunscorch is either a race specific ability (aasimar) or a cleric/druid spell. So technically a sorc won't be casting that.

Sunbeam can only be cast by Druids and morninglords of Lathander if I am not mistaken so again not a problem for your drow monk/sorc as they can't cast it.

Ahh, yes, ur right about Sunscorch and Sunbeam not being part of the sorcerer/wizard repertoire. So my drow monk of the order of Shar wouldn't be able to cast these spells in the first place.

However, I went back to the manual and see that Sunfire is in the sorcerer/wizard spell list. The description of the spell says that it can blind drows if they fail their Reflex save. So would my drow monk/sorcerer always be in danger of blindness if he casts Sunfire?

[QUOTE=jeremiah]No worries as Sunscorch is either a race specific ability (aasimar) or a cleric/druid spell. So technically a sorc won't be casting that.

Sunbeam can only be cast by Druids and morninglords of Lathander if I am not mistaken so again not a problem for your drow monk/sorc as they can't cast it.[/QUOTE]

Sunfire should not have any effect on the caster right?

As far as I know, a caster is in no danger of being blinded by his/her own spell effects as long as the caster is outside of the area of effect. I've cast Sunfire with a drow before and suffered no ill effects.

Last I checked, spellcasters were still affected by AoE spells of their own making. This may have changed, though, I haven't played the game in a few months. Maybe somebody released some crazy new mod I don't know about (which is why some random guy is answering one of your questions... just checking up on things =P).

Haven't you ever run a mage into a room full of baddies and dropped a Fireball? This is why multiclassed paladin/sorcerers are so powerful; they have a much better chance of making the saving throws involved in their own spells.

Sunfire while AoE spell flows outward from the caster and can be cast safely by the caster without ill effects. Can't say the same for party members nearby though LOL