Originally Posted by
Maerit
You should consider training a weapon skill or shield to avoid the DS issues since you have fewer magical skills trained.
I'm curious why the 1x in armor? Like most magical professions, sorcerers are not good at casting spells when wearing heavy armor. If you aren't training a weapon skill, and still plan to rely on spell casting, once you wear above double leather you will struggle to cast spells effectively. Just going from double leather to leather breastplate is a 2%-5% jump in hindrance. Once you reach brigadine armor, you will fail at least 11% of all spells you cast (it will feel worse though).
Basically, training in armor use will benefit you very little and hinder you significantly. The more physical defensive path for a sorcerer, or any "pure" casting profession, would be to train your shield skills.