Actually, yeah, I do have to agree on the work effort part.
I was hoping that by having both lists defined so sharply that it wouldn't be too abusable at the table, and that it would make each Advanced Learning choice fairly fast. Every time I play something like a Dread Necro, I find myself pouring through five different books every four levels to separate the wheat from the chaff. My thought is that having the AL spells would help
separate any one witch from another, without worrying about someone finding that esoteric Illusion or Enchantment spell buried in Complete Power Creep, or whatever, surprising the DM.
What brought this to my attention was watching the player roll up his witch PC, and watching him pick his 1st and 2nd level AL spell. It's when I thought that double the AL spells might be a good thing.
