All that really matters is how much time does a wizard have to waste on training apprentices. If teaching apprentices so that they learn at the "apprentice rate" specified on AW p.10 takes the wizard no appreciable time, then it's not an issue. ===== Post to the entire list by writing to tft@brainiac.com. Unsubscribe by mailing to majordomo@brainiac.com with the message body "unsubscribe tft"