[Bill_in_IN]

Both are good spells/talents with which to start but I wouldn't require either.

I would very strongly suggest Literacy and advise the player of the risks of not taking that talent for the wizard to properly develop or be as useful as wizards are regularly expected to be. They are usually the more intelligent PCs so being illiterate makes them much less useful although, I still would not push them into the useless category. What's the wizard going to do when they find a spell book or scroll that is key to the adventure? Hand it to the non-wizard that can read?

Now, if you have a fighter-wizard that is a hero with a couple of spells, he really only needs to know those spells that typically help them in combat. Literacy would be nice as it is for all characters but definitely not required.

Aid Spell is a choice and can be picked later when the wizard has enough strength or mana points in their staff to make it useful for them and the party in which they are a part.