diff --git a/Source/control.cpp b/Source/control.cpp
index 9f6f5ddee..f4e3a578b 100644
--- a/Source/control.cpp
+++ b/Source/control.cpp
@@ -2721,8 +2721,8 @@ int __fastcall GetSBookTrans(int ii, unsigned char townok)
 
 void __cdecl DrawSpellBook()
 {
-	int v0; // edi
-	int v1; // ebp
+	__int64 v0; // edi
+	__int64 v1; // ebp
 	int v2; // esi
 	char v3; // al
 	int v4; // eax
@@ -2739,13 +2739,12 @@ void __cdecl DrawSpellBook()
 	CelDecodeOnly(76 * sbooktab + 391, 508, pSBkBtnCel, sbooktab + 1, 76);
 	v9 = 1;
 	v8 = 214;
-	v0 = plr[myplr]._pISpells[0] | plr[myplr]._pMemSpells[0] | plr[myplr]._pAblSpells[0];
-	v1 = plr[myplr]._pISpells[1] | plr[myplr]._pMemSpells[1] | plr[myplr]._pAblSpells[1];
+	v0 = plr[myplr]._pISpells64 | plr[myplr]._pMemSpells64 | plr[myplr]._pAblSpells64;
 	do
 	{
 		v2 = SpellPages[0][v9 + 7 * sbooktab - 1]; // *(&attribute_inc_rects[3].h + v9 + 7 * sbooktab); /* check */
-		if ( v2 != -1
-		  && v1 & ((unsigned __int64)((__int64)1 << ((unsigned char)v2 - 1)) >> 32) | v0 & (unsigned int)((__int64)1 << ((unsigned char)v2 - 1)) )
+		v1 = (__int64)1 << (v2 - 1);
+		if ( v2 != -1 && (v1 & v0) )
 		{
 			v7 = GetSBookTrans(v2, 1u);
 			SetSpellTrans(v7);
diff --git a/Source/inv.cpp b/Source/inv.cpp
index 44cece072..ce8afde04 100644
--- a/Source/inv.cpp
+++ b/Source/inv.cpp
@@ -1864,7 +1864,7 @@ void __fastcall RemoveInvItem(int pnum, int iv)
 			// BUGFIX: Cast the literal `1` to `UINT64` to make that bitshift 64bit
 			// this causes the last 4 skills to not reset correctly after use
 			if ( !(
-				*(UINT64 *)&plr[pnum]._pScrlSpells // TODO: remove cast when pScrlSpells is converted to UINT64
+				plr[pnum]._pScrlSpells64
 				& (1 << (plr[pnum]._pRSpell - 1))) )
 			{
 				plr[pnum]._pRSpell = SPL_INVALID;
@@ -1888,7 +1888,7 @@ void __fastcall RemoveSpdBarItem(int pnum, int iv)
 			// BUGFIX: Cast the literal `1` to `UINT64` to make that bitshift 64bit
 			// this causes the last 4 skills to not reset correctly after use
 			if ( !(
-				*(UINT64 *)&plr[pnum]._pScrlSpells // TODO: remove cast when pScrlSpells is converted to UINT64
+				plr[pnum]._pScrlSpells64
 				& (1 << (plr[pnum]._pRSpell - 1))) )
 			{
 				plr[pnum]._pRSpell = SPL_INVALID;
diff --git a/Source/items.cpp b/Source/items.cpp
index d82e52357..18e19e9cf 100644
--- a/Source/items.cpp
+++ b/Source/items.cpp
@@ -934,8 +934,7 @@ void __fastcall CalcPlrItemVals(int p, BOOL Loadgfx)
 		plr[p]._pDamageMod = plr[p]._pLevel * plr[p]._pStrength / 100;
 	}
 
-	// TODO: switch to normal 64bit assignment/remove case
-	*(UINT64 *)&plr[p]._pISpells = spl;
+	plr[p]._pISpells64 = spl;
 
 	// check if the current RSplType is a valid/allowed spell
 	if ( plr[p]._pRSplType == RSPLTYPE_CHARGES
diff --git a/Source/player.cpp b/Source/player.cpp
index b891038b0..421ad22fc 100644
--- a/Source/player.cpp
+++ b/Source/player.cpp
@@ -3777,7 +3777,7 @@ BOOL __fastcall PM_DoSpell(int pnum)
 
 		if ( !plr[pnum]._pSplFrom ) {
 			if ( plr[pnum]._pRSplType == RSPLTYPE_SCROLL) {
-				if ( !(*(UINT64 *)&plr[pnum]._pScrlSpells // TODO: remove cast when pScrlSpells is converted to UINT64
+				if ( !(plr[pnum]._pScrlSpells64
 					& (UINT64)1 << (plr[pnum]._pRSpell - 1))
 				) {
 					plr[pnum]._pRSpell = SPL_INVALID;
@@ -3787,7 +3787,7 @@ BOOL __fastcall PM_DoSpell(int pnum)
 			}
 
 			if ( plr[pnum]._pRSplType == RSPLTYPE_CHARGES) {
-				if ( !(*(UINT64 *)&plr[pnum]._pISpells // TODO: remove cast when pISpells is converted to UINT64
+				if ( !(plr[pnum]._pISpells64
 					& (UINT64)1 << (plr[pnum]._pRSpell - 1))
 				) {
 					plr[pnum]._pRSpell = SPL_INVALID;
diff --git a/Support/TODO.md b/Support/TODO.md
index 546835e5e..239e3be1e 100644
--- a/Support/TODO.md
+++ b/Support/TODO.md
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ Serious bugs (crash/fault)
 - TBA
 
 Minor bugs (noticeable but can be avoided)
-- Players sometimes have level 0 unusable skills
 - Server commands are broken and have been disabled `msgcmd.cpp`
 
 Code issues (incorrect code that still works)
diff --git a/structs.h b/structs.h
index 693edb6ca..023698699 100644
--- a/structs.h
+++ b/structs.h
@@ -212,12 +212,19 @@ struct PlayerStruct
 	int _pSBkSpell;
 	char _pSBkSplType;
 	char _pSplLvl[64];
-	int remove_1; /* fix: remove and align 8 */
-	int _pMemSpells[2];
-	int _pAblSpells[2];
-	// should be UINT64
-	int _pScrlSpells[2];
-	char _pSpellFlags;
+	union {
+		UINT64 _pMemSpells64;
+		int _pMemSpells[2];
+	};
+	union {
+		UINT64 _pAblSpells64;
+		int _pAblSpells[2];
+	};
+	union {
+		UINT64 _pScrlSpells64;
+		int _pScrlSpells[2];
+	};
+	int _pSpellFlags;
 	int _pSplHotKey[4];
 	char _pSplTHotKey[4];
 	int _pwtype;
@@ -316,9 +323,10 @@ struct PlayerStruct
 	int _pIBonusToHit;
 	int _pIBonusAC;
 	int _pIBonusDamMod;
-	int remove_2; /* fix: remove and align 8 */
-	// TODO: switch to UINT64
-	int _pISpells[2];
+	union {
+		UINT64 _pISpells64;
+		int _pISpells[2];
+	};
 	int _pIFlags;
 	int _pIGetHit;
 	char _pISplLvlAdd;
@@ -1466,7 +1474,7 @@ struct PkPlayerStruct
 	int pManaBase;
 	int pMaxManaBase;
 	char pSplLvl[37];
-	int pMemSpells;
+	int pMemSpells; /* __int64 */
 	int pMemSpells2;
 	PkItemStruct InvBody[7];
 	PkItemStruct InvList[40];