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Originally Posted by MikMod
I really did not use them at all, but I assumed that they would work just like an additional stat point - with the caveats you quoted - which is why there is a health warning on them!
Also I would not allow that exploit, since you would have to be wearing the item the whole time you were studying and (p45) "It is assumed you were practising or studying during the time you were earning the experience" to add a new spell or talent. I guess you could gradually use it to help people access slightly higher level spells over a really long period, but as you say, only the person with the +IQ item could actually cast the spell in any case. If I was in a group of any size, would I really spend my precious xp on a spell I could only cast if I happened to get hold of the IQ ring? Probably not if I am out adventuring. More likely if I am a permanent resident of a wizard enclave. Also, it could help 'bind' wizards to their cabal... Interesting...
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Yeah, it's actually an interesting exploit, but still an exploit I usually would tend not to want in most of my campaigns.
Consider that some spells are useful outside combat an emergency situations, so passing around a +IQ item could actually not be much of a disadvantage for those spells, for cooperative-enough people.
Also the Aid spell would allow someone to get their IQ boosted enough to cast spells they know but lack the IQ for.
e.g. you could have a corps of ST 8 IQ 9 non-wizards that you train in Aid and (with a +2 IQ item) Illusion. In combat half of them cast Aid +2 IQ on the other half, who then create illusions for two turns, then cast +2 IQ Aid on the other half, who then all cast illusion for two turns... ;-)
Or, a guildhall might use it to enable more of their number to be able to learn very-high-IQ spells, but they'd only be able to cast them if they had the guild's precious IQ enhancer.
Kind of interesting situations, though to my mind, a bit gamey/munchkiny.