Forum:Springboard/Launchboard

Any suggestions on how to teach a pawn to use springboard/launchboard? as a newbie mage, I chose a fighter to guard me, so I'm not too fussed about that, but I would like my minion to better utilize his skills now that I'm aware of things like this. Also, as someone who's never beaten the dragon in vanilla, is it worth it to upgrade immediately to DA or just beat the game first? Also, will a used copy be fine or do I need a new one? They're still pretty proud of their prices for this game in these parts...