I occurs to me that with a Tome of Ancient Lore a wizard now more or less has access to every single spell in the game. While there is a 10% chance that they will fail to find the spell they are looking for, they can try again the next day which means they will more or less get the spell.
Now, with a Blessed Book to remove the scribing costs and the small bit of randomness, the wizard could copy all those spells from the Tome of Ancient Lore into a more dependable spellbook.
The Blessed Book is 12,500 gp and the Tome is 22,000 gp. Thus for only 34,500 gp a wizard has every spell in existence as a spell known.
The savings on scrolls alone are enormous.
The only problem I can see is the need for the True Believer feat or giving up a 5th level divine spell slot. The feat is more or less useless. But what about the slot? Why would a book that grants arcane spells require a divine slot? Were the designers trying to get more people to use the Mystic Theurge class?
Also, what exactly is a Divine Spell Slot? Coming from a divine spell casting class, or able to cast divine spells in? Could a wizard with alternate spell preparation, southern magician, 10 levels in rainbow servant or the like give up a 5th level slot since they could cast divine spells from those slots?
Now, with a Blessed Book to remove the scribing costs and the small bit of randomness, the wizard could copy all those spells from the Tome of Ancient Lore into a more dependable spellbook.
The Blessed Book is 12,500 gp and the Tome is 22,000 gp. Thus for only 34,500 gp a wizard has every spell in existence as a spell known.
The savings on scrolls alone are enormous.
The only problem I can see is the need for the True Believer feat or giving up a 5th level divine spell slot. The feat is more or less useless. But what about the slot? Why would a book that grants arcane spells require a divine slot? Were the designers trying to get more people to use the Mystic Theurge class?
Also, what exactly is a Divine Spell Slot? Coming from a divine spell casting class, or able to cast divine spells in? Could a wizard with alternate spell preparation, southern magician, 10 levels in rainbow servant or the like give up a 5th level slot since they could cast divine spells from those slots?
