ArthurWalden: Hmmm...I've played the game through at least twice and Master in those two spells never felt broken to me. It certainly reduces the tedium of walking around and waiting for coaches and ships to a great extent,but, even then, it doesn't get rid of other transport forms entirely. Also, I don't feel they do much to reduce the difficulty of combat. You still have to work on building up your characters slowly. Those two spells make the game feel like it's going faster, but I don't see them as overpowered.

(Incidentally, as you may have already discovered yourself, there is one point where you need one of those spells to escape a dwarven ambush, if you want to avoid dying.)

Do keep in mind that Town Portal can only take you to your choice of six settlements, while Lloyd's Beacon (aside from having to set it in the first place) decays over time, so at least you have to regularly refresh it.

Boltar03: If you think it is broken at Master, wait til you get Grand Master.

Bookwyrm627: MM6 doesn't have Grand Master for skills, and all spells of a magic can be learned as long as the character has the skill to use that magic.

MM7 requires Grand Master to use Llyod's Beacon. You can't learn it at Master.

ArthurWalden: (Incidentally, as you may have already discovered yourself, there is one point where you need one of those spells to escape a dwarven ambush, if you want to avoid dying.)

macAilpin: When I wrote, I meant to refer to the Arch Mage and Arch Druid levels.
So you are correct.
I was referring to "arch" at level with 12 at the end of March. And gives one complete control of Lloyds Beacon
Once you get that, the game doesn't pick-up the space ship.

Bookwyrm627: I admit that I have no clue what you're trying to tell me here.

In MM6, if you have Llyod's Beacon, then you have Lloyd's Beacon. You don't need promotion quests to get Expert and Master, you just need the skill points to reach 12 in Water and the gold to buy the mastery levels. And I really don't know what you mean about the space ship.

macAilpin: Your players ability to caste Lloyds Beacon and Town Portal increase in dangerous situations with both improved level and arch designation.
Standing in front of a Minotaur when he and his friends are about to slice and dice and know that you can get out of there immediately is extremely useful.

Bookwyrm627: I admit that I have no clue what you're trying to tell me here......
And I really don't know what you mean about the space ship.

RSimpkinuk57: I don't get what macAilpin means here either, but isn't the Hive a sort of space ship or space capsule (that brought the Kreegans to the planet)? And isn't there a restriction against using Lloyds Beacon inside it? (Am I right in remembering, though, that if we cannot escape the Hive by beaconing out, we can still do so by Town Portal?)

RSimpkinuk57: I don't get what macAilpin means here either, but isn't the Hive a sort of space ship or space capsule (that brought the Kreegans to the planet)? And isn't there a restriction against using Lloyds Beacon inside it? (Am I right in remembering, though, that if we cannot escape the Hive by beaconing out, we can still do so by Town Portal?)