Boosting spells with extra ST

[Steve Plambeck]

Originally Posted by DeadParrot

RAW, I would say no. But this leads to two wizards, both know 7,5,3 & 1 hex spells. Wizard 1 has invested 1 point later in career. Wizard 2 has invested 4 points starting early. Fair? Wizard #2 got the use of the spells early and may be alive due to having a 1 hex spell available.

I'm not following the logic here. If Wizard 1 spends only 1 point to learn the 7-hex spell (and so knows the lesser 5, 3, and 1 hex versions for free), then Wizard 2 also pays only 1 point to learn the 1-hex version early, then 0 more points for each upgrade to 3, 5, and 7-hex each time their IQ goes up far enough.

I see no reason to have charged Wizard 2 more points to get to the same level with the same spell as Wizard 1. Nor should Wizard 1 have room to know three more spells than Wizard 2 once they are both at the same IQ, that being the IQ needed for the 7-hex spell.