Are there any other benefits of Intelligence for wizards other than the level of spells possible to cast and lots of skill points? Thanksss.

I could be wrong, but I think that the aurora engine gives bonus "spells per day" based on your intelligence multiplier. i.e.:
int. =12, gives an extra level 1 spell per day to your base.
int. =14, gives an extra level 2 spell per day to your base.
int. =16, gives an extra level 3 spell per day to your base.
etc.

it SHOULD also give greater spell penetration in a similar progression as above, but wether it does or not is anyones guess.

Oh man int Bellow 10 also makes the conversations really annoying!!! ME kill you. Me this me that...

In the manual at page 69 (European version) there's a table with bonus spells per day. It's a bit different from what ScottG says but more like normal p&p.

If you have an int lower than 10 you can't cast spells with the ability. So a wizard with Int lower than 10 can't cast spells as would a sorcerer with Cha lower than 10

On the US version its page 72, and I was correct, though perhaps not as clear as I could have been.

The effect is cumulative:

ex.
int.=14 gives an extra level 2 spell + you have the extra level 1 spell from meeting the int.=12 requirement. In other words with an intelligence of 14 a WIZARD* gets an extra level 1 spell and an extra level 2 spell to cast per day.

however what isn't as obvious is that the progression adds additional spells per day at level 20 and above. i.e. at int.=20 a Wizard gets 2 bonus spells per day at level 1. At int.=22 its 2 at level 1 and 2 at level 2.. etc.

btw, apparently intelligence does factor into spell resistance - at least as claimed by the manual:

"Intelligence is important for Wizards because it affects how many spells they can cast, how hard their spells are to resist, and how powerfull their spells can be."


*Note that bonus spells for intelligence applies only to Wizards, whereas Charisma applies to Sorcerers & Bards. And no doubt spell resistance for these two classes is also based on Charisma.

[ 03-28-2004, 11:41 PM: Message edited by: ScottG ]