Talk:Mage/@comment-80.146.1.188-20180108114544

So intelligence int isn't that important for acane casters compared to the wisdom bonus for clerics.

For example a normal (naked) mage with 16 int would be able to learn all lvl 1-8 spells as long as you can boost intelligence 19 and still be able to cast them up to 44 times. Only if you want the highest level of spellcating you would have to take 18 int as mage or specialist mage.

The (naked) specialist mage would miss out the spells of the opposite school(s), but could cast the remaining spells up to 53 times as long as he/she remembers to boost int before trying to learn/scribe new spell and has the same requirement for th. Since Intelligence doesn't seem to boost the spells magnitute beside being able to escape a maze sooner, the only interesting merrit is the bonus on the specialists' favorite school, making his/her favorite school harder to resist and even giving a little defence in better saving throws in that school.

For comparison:

A naked sorcerer can only select 43 spells, but can cast them up to 54 times, when he/she meets the minimum requirements to select the class. And here is a scary thought: Asuming that the description is corretc you would only need one more point in intelligence (9 int class requirement) compared to Minsk to unleash level 9 or level 10 spells.