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HP	20-42
HD	9
XP	562
Speed	10
AC	7
EV	12
Will	40
Attack¹	7 (hit: plain)
Resistances	None
Vulnerabilities	None
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Human
Uses	Weapons & armour Starting equipment Open doors
Holiness	Natural
Size	Medium
Type	orc, orc
Flags	See invisible Speaks Warm-blooded Evil

An exceptionally competent orcish wizard, in league with hellish and chthonic forces and motivated by the purest imaginable strain of malevolence.

For a list of all orcs, see list of orcs.

Useful Info

Orc sorcerers are advanced orcish casters which hurl fire, negative energy, and paralysis at you from the back rows while their orcish and demonic allies keep you busy. They don't handle damage well, but it's difficult to take them out before you've suffered some draining or a band of demons has come to their aid. They are found in the Orcish Mines, most often on Orc:2, and occasionally in the Elven Halls.

Spells

Name	Damage	Range	Flags
Bolt of Fire	3d17	6	Wizard flag
Bolt of Draining	3d17	5	Wizard flag
Summon Demon	—	—	Wizard flag
Paralyse	—	LOS	Wizard flag

Tips & Tricks

Paralysis is always a deadly spell. Being surrounded by a group of mighted orcs for 5 turns is bound to kill. The orc sorcerer alone can do 255 damage in 5 turns if you don't resist both of its bolt spells.
- It's ideal to give all monsters a 0% chance of success of paralysis. For orc sorcerers, this requires 135 willpower, a bit over Will+++. Base species, like Humans (3 Will/XL), require XL 19 and external Will++ (or external Will+++) to reach 0% success. The likes of Oni (4 Will/XL) require XL 15 and external Will++ for the same threshold.
- Blocking line of fire with monsters will at least prevent paralysis.
Other than paralysis, they fire strong bolt spells and summon nasty tier-3 demons, such as sixfirhies, sun demons, and malmutating neqoxecs. So even if you have full willpower, it's recommended to take out sorcerers quickly.
As spellcasters, they can be silenced, and a phial of floods can waterlog them.

History

Prior to 0.32, orc wizards allied to a Beogh-worshipping player could promote to orc sorcerers.

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-|resistances=None
-|vulnerabilities={{Holy vulnerability}}, {{Orc slaying vulnerability}}
-|max_chunks=4
-|meat={{Contaminated corpse}}
-|xp=595
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-{{Flavour|An exceptionally competent orcish wizard. Most of them draw magical power from Hell, but some are fueled by other sources.}}
 ==Useful Info==
-'''Orc sorcerers''' are advanced [[orc]]ish casters which hurl [[fire]], [[negative energy]], and paralysis at you from the back rows while their orcish and demonic allies keep you busy. They don't handle damage well, but it's difficult to take them out before you've suffered some [[draining]] or a band of demons has come to their aid. They are often found on [[Orcish Mines]]:4, but can appear earlier.
+'''Orc sorcerers''' are advanced [[orc]]ish casters which hurl [[fire]], [[negative energy]], and paralysis at you from the back rows while their orcish and demonic allies keep you busy. They don't handle damage well, but it's difficult to take them out before you've suffered some [[draining]] or a band of demons has come to their aid. They are found in the [[Orcish Mines]], most often on Orc:2, and occasionally in the [[Elven Halls]].
-Spells: [[Bolt of Fire]] (3d17), [[Bolt of Draining]] (3d14), [[Paralyse]], [[Summon Demon]], [[Animate Dead]]
-===Variant Orc Sorcerer===
-You may encounter an '''orc demonologist''' if you open a warning-covered door found in a random [[Abyss]] [[vault]]. He will be guarding an exit from the Abyss, along with a [[deep elf demonologist]], [[kobold demonologist]], and a [[lich]].
-{{flavour|An exceptionally competent orcish wizard, in league with hellish and chthonic forces and motivated by the purest imaginable strain of malevolence.}}
+{{monster spells}}
 ==Tips & Tricks==
-*Keeping monsters between you and an orc sorcerer will stop it from hitting you with paralysis, but will do nothing to stop him from hammering you (and everything in between) with bolts of fire and draining. It'll hurt and cost you some XP, but if you're getting swarmed, it may be useful to let these guys do some of the work for you.
+*[[Paralysis]] is always a deadly spell. Being surrounded by a group of [[might]]ed orcs for 5 turns is bound to kill. The orc sorcerer alone can do 255 damage in 5 turns if you don't resist both of its bolt spells.
+**It's ideal to give all monsters a 0% chance of success of paralysis. For orc sorcerers, this requires 135 [[willpower]], a bit over Will+++. Base species, like [[Human]]s (3 Will/XL), require XL 19 and external Will++ (or external Will+++) to reach 0% success. The likes of [[Oni]] (4 Will/XL) require XL 15 and external Will++ for the same threshold.
+**Blocking line of fire with monsters will at least prevent paralysis.
+*Other than paralysis, they fire strong bolt spells and summon nasty [[tier-3 demon]]s, such as [[sixfirhies]], [[sun demon]]s, and malmutating [[neqoxec]]s. So even if you have full willpower, it's recommended to take out sorcerers quickly.
+*As spellcasters, they can be [[silence]]d, and a [[phial of floods]] can [[waterlog]] them.
-===Beogh Follower===
+==History==
-It takes a lot of luck and more than a little micromanagement to turn an orc wizard into an orc sorcerer, and even more luck to keep him alive. But if your sorcerer decides to start summoning demons instead of blinking into the middle of a pack of enemies, he's worth his weight in gold. Get him the best armor he will wear, because he's going to lead from the front much more often than you want. In addition to the usual tricks for keeping followers alive, try hard not to allow shots at you to also target your frail sorcerers, and call him back to you anytime he gets into an exposed position.
+*Prior to [[0.32]], [[orc wizard]]s allied to a  [[Beogh]]-worshipping player could promote to orc sorcerers.
 [[Category:Orc]]