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<blockquote data-quote="Corvidae" data-source="post: 2985068" data-attributes="member: 29891">I gotta say Indypendant, you have some awesome fluff.I think you really hit the nail on the head with this one.&nbsp; One thought I had was perhaps the cost is not in the ink and materials itself, but rather in the attunement process.&nbsp; Since it is so difficult to use another's spellbook, perhaps the ink is attuned to a particular person, and gives them insight into how magic works depending on perhaps the exact shade it takes when laid down, or the iridesence of it.&nbsp; So perhaps the wizard must 'attune themselves to the ink in order to make any sense out of it.&nbsp; Another thing might be that the wizard must use magic to scribe the spellbook, for example, the wizard holds the ink in his or her hand and focuses on the targeting, channeling and elements of the spell&nbsp; Meanwhile the ink flows from his or her hand into arcane symbols that let the wizard remember exactly what it takes to cast the spell.&nbsp; Kinda like the difference between building a building from memory, or having the blueprints &quot;downloaded&quot; into your memory everyday.Hope that helps.John</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Corvidae, post: 2985068, member: 29891"] I gotta say Indypendant, you have some awesome fluff. I think you really hit the nail on the head with this one. One thought I had was perhaps the cost is not in the ink and materials itself, but rather in the attunement process. Since it is so difficult to use another's spellbook, perhaps the ink is attuned to a particular person, and gives them insight into how magic works depending on perhaps the exact shade it takes when laid down, or the iridesence of it. So perhaps the wizard must 'attune themselves to the ink in order to make any sense out of it. Another thing might be that the wizard must use magic to scribe the spellbook, for example, the wizard holds the ink in his or her hand and focuses on the targeting, channeling and elements of the spell Meanwhile the ink flows from his or her hand into arcane symbols that let the wizard remember exactly what it takes to cast the spell. Kinda like the difference between building a building from memory, or having the blueprints "downloaded" into your memory everyday. Hope that helps. John [/QUOTE]

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