Should, as in "they should be able to pick up the spell on the way even if they don't already know it".
Consider: Journeymen, during their Journeying, are banned from the Colleges. The Colleges are for Apprentices and Magisters.
I don't think this is the case. Consider that the flavor for Mathilde picking up those spells wasn't learning them on her own- it was sending off to the Colleges for appropriate reading and then reviewing the work. Since we won't have the ability to send to the Colleges on campaign the only study materials that the journeymen have to learn from is whatever they've brought with them- and I doubt they pre-ordered their full spell selections. Considering the high probability of losing whatever they bring to a terrible case of death, the Colleges might not have let them bring any.
Getting to know you,
Actually, the Amber and one Gold Journeyman was already with the dwarfs when we got there. We can expect those to be experienced. We can also expect them to be bringing study materials for war-relevant spells unless their Masters were particularly harsh or negligent. A Journeyman's purpose is to journey and learn, and being unable to learn would quite defeat the purpose.
Or maybe they were Journeyman who returned and barely failed to advance.Actually, the Amber and one Gold Journeyman was already with the dwarfs when we got there. We can expect those to be experienced. We can also expect them to be bringing study materials for war-relevant spells unless their Masters were particularly harsh or negligent. A Journeyman's purpose is to journey and learn, and being unable to learn would quite defeat the purpose.
The two we picked up in Altdorf may indeed be fresh graduates, in which case unless they seriously pissed someone off at College, you can assume that they were sent for a reason.
Heck, maybe they were sent because they've been running around with greatswords and revolvers
"The Dämmerlichtreiter comes. Angrund calls for aid."
Keep in mind that, numerically at least, this is a 50% increase in our contingent.
Well that is the artillery shortage solved.
Good doggy.
Having chainmail with a thought and platemail when given a moment to cast a spell seems fine to me. Better than having to spend a month re-doing the same enchantment on our robes.
An average of 77 over 6 rolls. Prepare for nat 1's for the entire war council and wizard crew as karma.
While this is true, and I've argued the importance of them being sufficiently organized to do so at length... what we really want is spells that hinder pursuit, or sabotage delicate skaven war machines.
The two new ones are probably new Journeymen, but the three already at the camp when Mathilde arrived have almost certainly taken the time to gather the resources to prove useful on a lengthy campaign, and more importantly use it as a learning experience.
Technically they're only forbidden from entering their specific college building until their journey is complete otherwise Mathilde would've been breaking it on the numerous occasions she traveled to Altdorf on business.
Like, the recruiting roll could have been a natural one and we now have a Journeyman who's been experimenting with Dhar.
