>>>2) Consider moving "detect artifact" to lower levels.
>>Probably
>>>with some limitations like not detecting high level wands.
>>>This spell would be more helpful if mages could actually
>>start
>>>exploring before heroing.
>>
>>What level do you want to see it at?
>
>Maybe at level where you can start to look for your wands or
>+4-6 levels above that. Let us say 35-40. I can't say that I
>did analyze all possible pitfalls, but I don't see that
>breaking anything right now. For a middle range mage it may be
>really hard to kill even a mediocre mob just to check for a
>wand and this spell may give him an ability to make any
>progress in his exploration instead of checking well known
>locations and if no success, give up and rank to hero.

I'd be more inclined to see it at 42+ for the same reason that many of the powerful abilities within classes tend to be there. Wands shouldn't encourage, nor discourage your path to hero

>>>3) Some sort of quest that gives you vague hits about your
>>>locations. With requirements like with edges: 30-40 levels,
>>some
>>>exp/obs points, some age hours.
>>
>>This, to me, is the least interesting solution. How does
>>random quest mob even know where your wands are to be able
>to
>>provide you a hint. The requirements you list are fairly
>>useless, by the time someone hits 30-40 they will almost
>>always have immxp/obs & some age hours.
>
>I was thinking about requirements that come from a feeling
>that this "mage is screwed".
>For example, if you can't find you shield at 30-35-40 level
>for let us say 100 hours, you can get this hint. It could be
>150 for aura and 200 for barrier or whatever. Depends how we
>define "this mage is screwed and has no luck with his sleeks
>at all".

Tell me how to differentiate "this mage is screwed" with "this mage hasn't even made an effort".