Please use this thread going forward: [ROM] Sages wont teach spells even though friends | EA Forums - 12300886
I found I had the notification explanation saying that they wouldn't teach me spells due to not being friends but it was really because I wasn't high enough skill. The notifications seemed off in my game, but this shouldn't be happening.
I get this notification when I am friends with a sage but there is someone else involved in our conversation. If I then ask the sage specifically to teach me something, I will get this notification showing the other sim (not the sage). I've also seen the picture of the sage in my queue turn into the picture of the other sim. I try to remember to cancel the group conversation before asking the sage.
What @rlc77 said. If there's a third person in the conversation, Rando McRanderson will sometimes tell me they can't teach their spells to just anyone. Like, thanks Rando, I wasn't talking to you and also I have the option to train you so you're lower ranking than I am.
This person isn't the mischief sage I clicked on to ask for spells.
Also, what @Theenaabeenaa said. I've noticed that if you learn all the spells for their specialization, the Sages have started (sometimes? always?) giving the wrong answer and saying they don't know you instead of saying you've learned them all and need to level up to learn more. I have a save where my Sim is Simeon's daughter and he lives in her house (I'm exploiting the roommate system to not "break" him, so he's never been played but lives with his family as a roommate NPC) and they have a 100% friendship bar and I got that "Let's get to know each other" message, which is vaguely hilarious.
I don't remember having seen the wrong message for a potion. Also, if you practice magic by clicking your Sim, if they've learned all the spells for their level it'll give them the correct error message.
Sorry to necro an old thread, but I was wondering if there was ever a solution for this as I have it happening now. I'm good friends with one of the sages. He'll teach me potion recipes, but won't teach me magic, stating we need to know each other better. I've done everything but have s&x with the dude.
