spells re-rolls and warlocks

ahoy thar,
me and one of my friends were discusing giving my necromancer a new spell. he is at a point where he knows every spell in the necromancy spell list with the exception of spell of awakening (fml) and i was jokingly saying well the next time my necromancer gets a skill i'm going to keep rolling on the chart over and over again until i get it, but then he brought up an interesting point that you can usually never re-roll a re-roll, so if i'm rolling for spells does that mean i have to decrease the difficulty of the spell i roll until i naturally roll a six one of two times? assuming that i do infact have to stick with the next spell if i make a spell difficulty zero and i roll it again what happens? also, i was looking at a warlock hired sword that i have and he only has access to academic skills, and i was considering giving him something like wyrdstone hunter or streetwise, but after further reading into the rules it seems that it's only beneficial if a hero is using these skills; am i correct in this assumption. and just a random thought i had while typing this (kinda related i suppose) does lure of chaos persist after the caster is taken OOA?

As for rerolling the spell, I have always interpreted the roll as openended, meaning that you could always reroll again and again if you get a spell you already have.

When it comes to spells with lowered difficulty I guess that you might reach d-level zero, but why should you? D2 should suffice, and if you reach those levels (highly unlikely though it is) it might be time to get some other skills...

keep re-rolling

the rules are unclear, but forcing you to reduce dif is too prick-like for anybody's good

As far as I can tell there's no concrete ruling either way, but if a player was down to the last spell on his list and rolled a skill advancement I'd just let him take the last spell without rolling.

The difficulty 2 scenario seems incredibly unlikely, in my opinion, because it requires that the mage first rolls 4 skill advancements to get to the point that he knows all but 1 spell, and then roll 3 more skill advances minimum, all of which have to then roll a 2 on the necromancy spell chart (reducing difficulty of re-animation to 2).

So in short, the likelihood of rolling 7 skills and getting exactly those results, sounds like it's probably ridiculously small.

IIRC you can't re-roll a re-roll IN THE MIDDLE OF A GAME.

Advances are a post-battle sequence, so imo this rule don't apply.

Note that in some cases (like wyrdstone search, or serious injury table) the rules ESPECIFICALLY states that IF you decide to use a re-roll, you MUST abide the second result even if it is worst than the first.

Myntokk wrote:

As far as I can tell there's no concrete ruling either way, but if a player was down to the last spell on his list and rolled a skill advancement I'd just let him take the last spell without rolling.

Yeah, we will do just that too.

Best wishes.

To answer your second question, hired swords never do anything in the post game unless thier rules say so. As far as i know, no hired sword adds dice to your search roll, or can look for items.

And about the third question, i quote the FAQ:

Quote :

Q: If in the spell description there is written nothing about how long the
spell lasts, well, how long does it last? To the end of game?
A: The spell lasts until the model that casted it is taken Out Of Action. Taking
him Out Of Action removes all effects of all spells he casted in the game.
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