Endem

While killing the demon upstairs in the ToM, my mage accidently got eaten. (poor thing) Well, I finished the bugger off, went downstairs to grab my reward, and was so elated that I finally got disp.Barrier, I went right upstairs to read it! Lo and behold, my mage is still a wispy shade, banished from life and not yet ressurected, and therefore doesn't gain the knowledge of the spell. Upon learning my mistake, I run outside to pass the gates and rez poor Thalrani, and jump back up to claim my magic spell again. Sadly, this time the bloody thing doesn't give me the time of day, let alone a spell. *sigh* I understand what happened, why it happened, and that it may be "by design", but it seems to me that such an important spell as disp barrier shouldn't be so easily missed, even if one is as careless and brash as I was.