Re: (TFT) Re: TFT Digest V3 #699

[Peter von Kleinsmid <pvk@oz.net>]

At 10:56 AM 9/8/05 -0500, Ty Beard wrote:
> Hmmn. Yes, I can see the issue. Rather than buy a single spell for 2 
> points, you'd be better off buying the Wizard skill for 1 point, then that 
> spell for 1 point. <shrug> Well, I'm not sure that this is a real problem. 
> Either way, it will be expensive and difficult to be a fighter-mage or 
> even a thief-mage. And the game world explanation could be that the Wizard 
> skill represents training by a member of the Wizard's Guild, which is 
> expensive and requires a 3 year apprenticeship or a *big* pile of cash. 
> Buying just the spell at 2 points (or 20 ep) represents a self-taught ability.

Is there some other cost to be a spellcaster besides the 1 point to get 
"Wizard" and know all spells up to IQ level? If not, then that's obviously 
hugely unbalanced.

PvK
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