Talk:Mage/@comment-190.56.192.22-20161121011926/@comment-3418306-20161121053807

If you check out the 'Scores Table' under Intelligence, there will be a column for 'Max Spells per Level' ...which accurately reflects your former assumption; that an intelligence of 18 will allow the mage to memorize up to 18 spells of each level. This isn't a big deal for the higher level spells as there generaly aren't more than 18 total spells, but can be a bit frustrating when dealing with the lower levels - particularly 1 and 2. Afaik, there are two tolerable solutions to this:

1) You can 'forget' a spell by right clicking it (I think), essentially removing it from your spellbook. This can be used to get rid of a relatively useless spell so you can replace it with a relatively decent one.

2) You can temporarily increase the Intelligence of the mage to 19+ which will remove any restriction, usually by way of a potion like Potion of Genius or Potion of Mind Focusing. If you have a Scroll Case at your disposal, just save all the scrolls you find, selling off the ones you know you don't need or want, until you have enough to warrant the use of such valuable potions. This also makes for a good opportunity to get some identifying done, as the potions will boost the Lore of the mage significantly.