Best race for sorcerer?

[Gnome]

I'll be playing in a new Eberron campaign soon, and one of the possible classes I may choose is sorcerer (I'm being very indecisive this time around!). Anyway, I was curious what people thought was the best race for this class. It's 28 point buy, and all Eberron and generic D&D optional material is allowed. It's starting at 1st-level, so ECL 0 races only.

My thoughts are:

Human: Mainly for the extra feat, since I plan to take some of the dragonic feats in Complete Arcane. The extra skill points don't hurt, either.

Halfling: A net +2 to AC and +1 to saves seems quite nice for a sorcerer, and the STR penalty and reduced weapon damage doesn't matter too much.

Gnome: +1 to AC and +2 to CON would help for survivability, and the +1 to DC for illusion spells is nice, too. Oh, and the alchemy bonus could be fun, too.

Any other good choices I'm missing? I'm trying to resist the urge to screw myself over by playing against type with something like a half-orc or a warforged.

 

[Gnome]

Oh, and I understand that raptorans from Races of the Wild get racial substitution levels for sorcerer. Are these any good?

 

[Dr_Rictus]

Kobold: Net +3 AC, fast movement for a small character, darkvision, STR penalty doesn't matter for a sorcerer. The CON penalty is a problem, of course, and the light sensitivity might be.

 

[Anti-Sean]

I was about to suggest a goblin (you could be a city goblin from Sharn, or from the hobgoblin nation of Darguun), but you might not be too happy with sinking the points to offset the -2 CHA penalty. The kobold suggestion is great - you could even use this adorable little miniaure from the Aberrations set:

Also, be sure to read the Kobolds of Khorvaire Dragonshard.

 

[TheGogmagog]

Rakshasa is EL 7 and 7 HD that casts as a 7th level sorcerer. I believe that's ECL 14, but the additional HP, crazy stats and spell resistance would be priceless.

 

[lukelightning]

I knew this would immediately go into monsters (rolls eyes). Why not mind flayer? Or ancient wyrm gold dragon? They are pretty good sorcerers too! Why not half-fiend-half-illithid beholder! "It's starting at 1st-level, so ECL 0 races only."

Rakshasa is EL 7 and 7 HD that casts as a 7th level sorcerer. I believe that's ECL 14, but the additional HP, crazy stats and spell resistance would be priceless.

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

Given the role of Rakshasas within the Eberron Campaign, I think it highly unlikely that they would make a good PC race.

 

[Gnome]

Only ECL 0 races are allowed, since the campaign is starting at 1st-level, btw. Thanks!

 

[TheGogmagog]

Only ECL 0 races are allowed, since the campaign is starting at 1st-level, btw. Thanks!

Sorry, I didn't read your question close enough. I was sure it wouldn't be a desirable regardless. oh well.

 

[billd91]

If you're being indecisive about the choice from a game mechanic standpoint, step back and think about how you'd play each of the characters and pick whichever one seems most fun. If there's something about a halfling sorcerer that seems fun, that might be enough to give you a push in that direction over the other choices.