Missile weapons skill for wizards

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Originally Posted by Kieddicus

Even though the game is notably older than me I actually grew up playing it, as it was my Father's RPG of choice. And I too find the older system works much better in this regard. Though both my Father and I find the game works best when you use both.

O hai fellow 2nd generation TFTer!

Yeah I'm not totally sure how to handle this, either. My observation is that most starting characters look to boost DX first, but I also want to make it easy for lower-"level" characters to learn new talents/spells, because gaining new capabilities is fun.

Maybe this would go better in the House Rules forum, but I propose the following tweaks to Legacy Edition, as a compromise:

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- If the memory-point total of the talents / spells / languages you know is less than your IQ, you can learn a new talent/spell for half the usual XP cost.
This lets young characters who just bought up their IQ attribute learn things more cheaply than experienced characters looking to diversify. I would allow a character to learn a talent worth 2 or more points for half price, even if they only had 1 "empty" IQ point, but that's definitely a judgment call kind of thing.

- The total *number* of talents / spells / languages you know may not exceed your IQ. (Alternatively: buying a new skill beyond this total costs double.) This means wizards will have to spend lots of XP buying up their IQ, because spells only cost 1 memory point apiece. This should also make learning Talents a more attractive option for wizards; if you have to buy 1 IQ point per thing you learn, then once IQ points get expensive, you might as well learn an expensive thing - especially if that expensive IQ point is "sitting empty", halving the XP cost of the talent so that you're only paying normal price anyway.

EDIT - never mind, I thought of another, simpler option: Buy "Skill Points" at whatever you're currently paying for attribute points, and trade them for spells and talents. Skill Points don't count against your attribute total. I'd still say you can't have more skills than your IQ.