The other (granted, minor) advantage a Mage has over a Sorcerer is the ability to scribe scrolls for LVLx1000 XP. It's not a big advantage, particularly when soloing (since XP comes so fast), but in a party game, it can be a big help. Three Mages scribing every single spell possible (with help from Potions of Genius for poor little Aerie or Jan, of course) can be worth an extra 2.25 million XP to the party. Nothing to sneeze at, certainly, & can be improved upon by having "disposable" characters scribe extra scrolls or having one of your Mages erase a spell then scribe it again.
- Imrahil
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