Ah, new mage, first thing I do is spend half an hour force feeding them my case full of scrolls.

I think I forgot to mention it, but if you finish Minsc's Boo quest, you get an Arcane Magic license for free.

Update on my playthrough:

Current Party:
Rhea, Ranger/Cleric
Jaheira (Almost done with her rather long quest chain)
Hexxat
Kelsey (does he have a side-quest?)
Keldorn (Just picked him up and started the Seeing Eye Quest)
Jan (Just picked him up, will keep him for Thieving until Hexxat relearns her skills, and I knock off his quest)

Retired/Inactive Party Members:
Minsc (Quest Done)
Nalia (Quests Done)
Yoshimo (He'll come and go as needed)
Aerie (Might get her back later)
Viconia (I rescued her, then just told her to wait in the Graveyard)
Edwin (Used him to finish up Mae'Var's HQ, will grab him again when I get Korgan to do their quests together)