Yep, I was thinking of that as an option too, but he'd cover all his bases because he's a nerd! It sounds like if she did successfully learn a spell via the non-AC reward route that would work as well? Just to check I'm interpreting the magic page right, which makes it sound like learning magic without AC rewards is the slow nerd method and the AC rewards are for if your character isn't the studying sort of if you want something specific/maybe more powerful?