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There are a few ways you can handle it. Sure, you can retroactively assign a backstory to the poor lad who was working as a pigfarmer while studying magic by candlelight at night. Also, don't lose sight of the fact that you pretty much know if a character is destined to become a wizard when he leve...

From the Wizard class writeup: At 1st level a wizard determines 4 spells that he knows, representing years of study and practice. As his comprehension expands, a wizard may learn more spells of progressively higher levels. A wizard knows a number of spells as shown on table 1-12, modified by his In...