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[Shepherd]

Epsilon wrote:

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The requirements for being a Magic-User are Intelligence 10.

Only if you want to be limited to level 0 spells. Just as you need an Intelligence of 11 to cast 1st level Wizard spells and an Intelligence of 12 to cast
2nd level Wizard spells.

There is also an additional requirement for becoming a Wizard (or a Psion, or a Soulborn, etc.). You must have some sort of inherent potential for that sort of
power. This potential is only present in a miniscule portion of the population; it is simply a matter of freak chance that every single PC who takes a level in
one of those classes after character creation happens to have that potential.
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