Growing tired of reloading the game until I saw 3rd book in the tech tree;
I took the Techs_Amarian.xml and copied it from C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock Games\FallenEnchantress\data\English\Only-SP to C:\Users\Sean\Documents\My Games\FallenEnchantress\Mods\Data\English\Only-SP and then modded it to set all the random techs (magic books, king of the wild and 3rd book) to 100%appearance/rarity.
For some reason it didn't change the chance of appearance but I know it is getting read. I know this because now half the techs in the magic line are now duplicated unto themselves. (For example: Shard tech has 2 of each temples on it.)
I have even gone so far as to mod the file in the install directory but that made no difference at all.
Yes, the options has Use Mods enabled.
I know that this is how I've modded the game before, as I have set Large maps to 12x9 (I get the cool message saying that larger then 12x8 is liable to act strangely), and altered the number of stamps placed.
So....
Where did I go wrong modding that XML?