Magic and number of spells

I feel a little foolish asking this question, because I don't see it in any of the old posts.

Ugh, here goes.

On pg. 56 of the rulebook it states that "each wizard starts with one randomly determined spell, but may gain more. Roll a D6 and consult the appropriate chart. If you get the same spell twice, roll again or lower the spells difficulty by one."

I understand the hows and whens of the 1st spell, but when do we get the second spell. Are they simply implying that one may get more spells with character experience, such as in a campaign? Or do I actually roll for another spell in a single game?

Usually a spell-caster starts with one random spell (or prayer). In one-off games that's it.

In a campaign, they can gain new skills through advances. Whenever they get to choose a new skill they may learn another random spell instead. If they then determine the same spell they already had they may either decrease that spell's complexity by -1 or re-roll to learn another random spell.

UnderBheit wrote:

Are they simply implying that one may get more spells with character experience, such as in a campaign?

Exactly. As Cianty said: when an advancement roll gives the result "pick new skill" the character (if it is a spellcaster) can choose to roll for a new spell instead of picking a skill.

UnderBheit wrote:

Or do I actually roll for another spell in a single game?

No. Spellcasters get 1 spell. However, you can agree with your friends that spellcasters can have more than one spell for fun in 1-off games.

And just for the reference:

Mordheim Rule Book - Page 82 - Experience Section wrote:

10-12 New Skill. Select one of the Skill tables
available to the Hero and pick a skill. If he is a
wizard he may choose to randomly generate a
new spell instead of a skill.

This is for when you are rolling advances (level ups ) for heros.

Awesome! Thanks for clearing that up.