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Go for 3 levels of Sorcerer if you want to be more of a Wizard (and keep leveling as a Wizard from there, obviously). This gets you Metamagic with the fewest number of multiclass levels you have to make. If you want to be more of a Wizard, then just accept that your Sorcerer abilities will not be as stellar.
Yes. Any character who is proficient with a particular type of armor can cast spells while wearing that type of armor with no penalty. There are two primary reasons for this. There are better ways for mages to get a decent Armor Class. For example, Draconic Sorcerers get permanent Mage Armor for free at 1st level, which provides 13 + Dexterity ...
A wizard learns 2 spells per level, and starts with 6 at level 1, totalling 44 spells known. They prepare a number (INT+Level) of spells from that list each day to be able to cast. Wizards can also copy spells from spellbooks and scrolls they encounter, adding those to their spells known.
Without armor or a shield, your character's AC equals 10 + his or her Dexterity modifier. Keep in mind that this is simply the default way to calculate AC. Armor and draconian ancestry do not add to this AC, they change the way your whole AC is calculated as is explained on the same page in the PHB and detailed, for example in this answer. Share.
The proficiency bonus is in the Wizard table of PHB p113. Your Spell save DC equals 8 + proficiency bonus + Intelligence modifier. Your Spell attack modifier equals proficiency bonus + Intelligence modifier.
The Ranger is Dex based for their ranged attacks. Wizards spell casting is Intelligence based. If you start with a Ranger at level one, and multi-class into wizard at level 2. You still have to worry about Wisdom being at 13 to be able to multi-class.
Essentially, 5e wizard/cleric spellcasting is sort of a combination of 3.X prepared & spontaneous spellcasting. If you are familiar with them, the spirit shamans from Complete Divine used an extremely similar system in 3.5, so they would be a good point of comparison. You prepare spells at the start of the day, but this merely determines which ...
It describes an arcane focus as such: Arcane Focus. An arcane focus is a special item — an orb, a crystal, a rod, a specially constructed staff, a wand like length of wood, or some similar item — designed to channel the power of arcane spells. A sorcerer, warlock, or wizard can use such an item as a spellcasting focus, as described in ...
The only ways for a wizard to gain shield proficiency are either multiclassing, or the Moderately Armored feat. Since Moderately Armored requires you to be proficient in light armor, most wizards will need either a multiclass or another feat (Lightly Armored). Note that you can use a shield without proficiency - you just won't be able to cast ...
True Polymorph and Shapechange. Both of these spells can be used to turn into a creature that have access to resurrection abilities. True Polymorph can turn you into Ki-rin (from volo's guide to monsters) that has true resurrection as a spell. It is a 9th level spell available to Bard, Warlock and Wizard.