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Originally Posted by JLV
Turning to the original question; I could see varying the XP cost to learn a new spell by the IQ. Given the "100 XP" cost currently being described, I would suggest something along the lines of "10 XP x IQ level of the spell" -- that is, an IQ 8 Spell would cost 80 XP to learn, and an IQ 20 Spell would cost 200 XP to learn. Given that higher IQ spells are both more complex and have greater effects, this seems like a good compromise in spell learning.
Naturally, for non-Wizard types, the cost would still be three times as high (i.e., 240 XP for that level 8 Spell, and 600 XP for that level 20 Spell).
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Like everything in TFT, I compare the difficulty of the thing to the relevant attribute. So if an IQ18 Wizard wants to learn an IQ8 spell, it still takes one "slot" but is cheap in XP to learn. In fact I might allow more than 1 spell of that level per slot. I used to have a table that laid this out but it's long gone.
And I'd like to say that Insubstantiality was the favourite Spell of my Magician, Mallengar (the Magnificent), so I'd be against mucking around with it!