My Friend is making a mute Sorceror

[BTB]

Anyone know where I can find a list of non-verbal spells, or a few tricks to help get around his muteness?

[Failed Phantasm]

Silent Spell (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/feats.htm#silentSpell) would be the easiest way to overcome the muteness, but your friend essentially loses a level of spells by doing so due to the +1 adjustment.

[Kuulvheysoon]

Play as a Buommon and take the Nonverbal Spell feat (both presented in the Planar Handbook, IIRC).

[Divide by Zero]

If he goes for a concept based heavily on casting one or a small number of spells (Shadowcraft Mage being the best example), the Arcane Thesis feat could let him get Silent Spell at no level adjustment.

[Plerumque]

You don't have to be a Buomman to take Nonverbal Spell.

[Allanimal]

Anyone know where I can find a list of non-verbal spells, or a few tricks to help get around his muteness?

This (http://www.imarvintpa.com/dndLive/FindSpell.php) should help find the non-verbal sorcerer/wizard spells.
Be warned, it isn't a long list.

[Mando Knight]

Maybe not helpful, but perhaps have him look at Wilder or some other Psionic class instead? Psionics don't require any loopholes or feat taxes to work with a mute character...

[Vaern]

Reserve feats from Complete Mage would be worth looking into. They grant spell-like abilities based on spells that the character is able to cast, and spell-like abilities have no verbal components.
All of the reserve feats in the book require the ability to cast 2nd- to 5th-level spells, though, so their availability is dependent on your starting level.

[Amnestic]

Play as a Buommon and take the Nonverbal Spell feat (both presented in the Planar Handbook, IIRC).

Might not work depending on their muteness. Nonverbal Spell still has you make noises ("recognisable speech to an elaborate song"). That's fine if the character can still make noises, but if they're going for a totally silent mute, then it's Silent Spell or bust, it seems.

[Mystral]

Have being mute be a flaw and suggest he takes silent spell as a bonus feat. Perhaps allow him to apply silent spell a small number of times per day without raising the spell level (charisma modifier?)

[BTB]

A lot of good ideas here. Psionics in particular seems to once again be the end all problem solver.

[Juntao112]

Psion is probably easier than Sorcerer with Silent Spell + Practical Metamagic (http://dndtools.eu/feats/races-of-the-dragon--83/practical-metamagic--2227/)

[Vaern]

Psion is probably easier than Sorcerer with Silent Spell + Practical Metamagic (http://dndtools.eu/feats/races-of-the-dragon--83/practical-metamagic--2227/)


When applying the chosen metamagic feat to a spontaneously cast spell, the spell uses a spell slot one level lower than normal for the applied metamagic feat, to a minimum of one level higher than a spell's normal level.
I'm afraid Practical Metamagic doesn't grant any benefit, as far as Silent Spell is concerned.

[Humble Master]

Another problem with Silent spell is that because Sorcerer is a spontaneous caster metamagic requires a full-round action to cast. This could severly limit your character.

[dascarletm]

Another problem with Silent spell is that because Sorcerer is a spontaneous caster metamagic requires a full-round action to cast. This could severly limit your character.

Unless you don't want a familiar, then Spontaneous metamagic AWAY!

[KillingAScarab]

Unless you don't want a familiar, then Spontaneous metamagic AWAY!Metamagic specialist for the win. Should have been OGC and added to the SRD.

But I'm going to agree that psionics is probably the way to go for this character concept. Are there even any powers which are language dependent?

[TaiLiu]

Are there even any powers which are language dependent?
Suggestion, Psionic, for one.

[Ravens_cry]

If you allow Pathfinder material, a deaf curse Oracle gets silent spell with no level adjustment or casting time increase, and nothing in the wording says it is limited to Oracle spells only. Given that similar abilities, like a Bard's lack arcane spell failure for light armour, only applying to Bard spells, it may even be RAI as well as RAW.

[rockdeworld]

RAW aside, it would probably be fair and simple for the DM to give him something like this:
Trait: Silent Sorcerer

Benefit
You can ignore verbal components when casting spells.

Drawback
You can't speak. This usually means you can't make Bluff, Diplomacy, or Gather Information checks.

Roleplaying Ideas
A silent sorcerer might be disconcerting to be around, or pick up a sign language and make lots of wild movements in order to be understood.

[Psyren]

Unless you don't want a familiar, then Spontaneous metamagic AWAY!

Isn't that 3/day though?

[TaiLiu]

Isn't that 3/day though?
3+Int Modifier times/day, to be exact.

[Vaern]

Unless you don't want a familiar, then Spontaneous metamagic AWAY!

Arcane Preparation is also an option. But, if you go down that path, you might as well just be a wizard.

[Sith_Happens]

RAW aside, it would probably be fair and simple for the DM to give him something like this:
Trait: Silent Sorcerer

Benefit
You can ignore verbal components when casting spells.

Drawback
You can't speak. This usually means you can't make Bluff, Diplomacy, or Gather Information checks.

Roleplaying Ideas
A silent sorcerer might be disconcerting to be around, or pick up a sign language and make lots of wild movements in order to be understood.

Going off your mention of sign language, another drawback of the trait should probably be that it makes verbal-only spells have somatic components.