The problem: with spawns (even TUTU-style) my mage runs out of spells fast.
Voted for stock spawn
I like this system, plenty of spawns without level adjustment suits me fine.
In reply to the above, I can very well imagine that this would become annoying, though I myself cheat quite badly because I have edited all the spellbook progression for classes so they have many more low level spells. I just can't stand the oringal ruleset which only gave like 2 spells before having to rest. If I remember correctly in the original a first level (non-specialized) mage has just one spell.... LOL. With my system they have like 4-6, cant remember..