--- deliantra/server/server/skills.c	2006/06/06 23:32:27	1.3
+++ deliantra/server/server/skills.c	2006/07/01 21:04:42	1.5
@@ -297,7 +297,8 @@
             // reduce monster experience by experience we gained, as to
             // limit the amount of exp that can be gained by stealing from monsters
             // (jessies gave ~20,000,000 exp otherwise.
-            int exp = MIN (tmp->stats.exp, calc_skill_exp (op,tmp, skill));
+            int exp = calc_skill_exp (op, tmp, skill);
+            exp = MIN (tmp->stats.exp, exp);
             tmp->stats.exp -= exp;
 	    return exp;
 	}
@@ -1119,7 +1120,7 @@
  */
 
 static int write_note(object *pl, object *item, const char *msg, object *skill) {
-    char buf[BOOK_BUF]; 
+    char buf[1024]; 
     object *newBook = NULL;
 
     /* a pair of sanity checks */
@@ -1141,7 +1142,7 @@
 	    return strlen(msg);
 
     buf[0] = 0;
-    if(!book_overflow(item->msg,msg,BOOK_BUF)) { /* add msg string to book */
+    if(!book_overflow(item->msg,msg,sizeof (buf))) { /* add msg string to book */
 	if(item->msg)
 	    strcpy(buf,item->msg);