Quote Originally Posted by Zezlar View Post
Perhaps that was a poor choice of words on my part. However you get the drift. Why so few Arcanist's before, and now everyone is invited to take up the book? These are things they could have explained through an introductory quest. Learning the first few spells and gaining some background knowledge on the roll.
I fully expect this to be explained at the guild when I get my first book, just like the history behind the other guilds was explained when I picked up my first weapon there. Since getting the first weapon is always accompanied by getting a simple quest, in essence you are getting this already.