Seems a bit oblique, and a little unintuitive that a Student with terrible Latin skills can get a Dorm-mate to help out, while still remaining the Caster. Simply requiring the Caster to have an E or higher in Explosive Latin, for any spell, might be more straightforward.

And this doesn’t actually fix the raised problem with “A Little Knowledge”, does it? Or did I misunderstand the problem? I thought it was that a Student with Ungraded Latin has no defined Spell Power for LAT, which would still be a problem here.

(Actually, I suppose it’s not that unintuitive - their friend with the Latin skills would be whispering prompts to them. Still seems an unnecessarily oblique way to say “must have an E or higher to cast any spell”, though.)

I like the “oblique”: I’d like it if casting spells became very varied but ladden with conditions. A simple “must have an E or higher to cast any spell” is just not complicated enough to be an elementary rule to cast magic. =P

Also, the proposal solves part of the problem that some Student are ungraded in Latin by making sure a class is opened soon for them.

I will add that it’s logical that one can’t cast spells until they had at least one class of the language used to cast magic. =P

@Kevan: Ok I thought making LAT compulsory for each spell would prohibit students without LAT from casting any spells. However, i forgot about the helping clause.

Perhaps, we should make really make a grade of E a prerequiste for spellcasting

If A Little Knowledge… passes, it would create a bit of an odd situation where a student’s LAT is being tested twice.

Per Kevan.

@Greytyphoon: If casting spells gets really complicated, anyone who doesn’t keep track of all the rules gets limited to playing Nomich and attending classes - with their grades not doing anything. =P

CoV To get it of the agenda quickly ;-)