>>> Tell me how to differentiate "this mage is screwed" with
>"this mage hasn't even made an effort".
>
>I don't think you can know it for sure.
>Probably zero observation/exploration points may tell that he
>hasn't even made an effort. But if he has lots of them there
>is a possibility (only a possibility) that he actually tried.

Yup, that's the hard part about this.

>I also had a wild idea about some special kind of observation
>exp called "wands oservation exp". You gain those when you
>check actual or other "making-sense-wand-wise" locations. Like
>if you look at the archmage of Corte you gain some of those
>points along with regular observation points. This way the
>person in order to accumulate those points will actually have
>to check magical places/locations.
>But I'm not sure if it will be worth implementing.

So actual is easy...but what is "making-sense-wand-wise"? It sounds like way more work (may as well make those making sense places, actual wand places honestly) to try and come up with a barometer that lets you know if you're screwed. I honestly think there are better solutions that don't cost as much to implement, but thank you for the suggestions.