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<blockquote data-quote="Beholder Bob" data-source="post: 1140040" data-attributes="member: 12866">I always had the scribing of a spell into a spellbook be more then the alpha/numeric values written into paper, but rather an arcane practice of literally bonding the magic to the book to the mage.&nbsp; You have a hard time of using another’s spellbook, a spellcraft roll being required.&nbsp; Spells are absurdly complex, the casting of one without the &quot;template&quot; provided by the spellbook would leave it beyond the ability of a wizard to do.&nbsp; Think of the color blind test, with multi colored dots that include a word written in a particular color.&nbsp; If your color blind, all you see are dots.&nbsp; The spellbook allows the wizard a unique color vision for the particular spell he is trying to &quot;see&quot;.&nbsp; The complex arrangements required to cast magic missiles is very complex and is a little different for each wizard.&nbsp; The wizard uses the &quot;template&quot; to see through the complexity of &quot;dots&quot; to perceive the magic missile design.&nbsp; Other people have different &quot;color&quot; needs, so using another's spellbook can be very challenging.&nbsp; The design is as complex as a painting - you know the general nature of, say, Mona Lisa, but the brush strokes are beyond your ability to memorize.&nbsp; So to, the wizard in general understands the Mona Lisa/magic missile picture, but needs to see it to get a mental snapshot imposed in his mind.Scrolls have the magic itself trapped in paper, not the &quot;color template&quot;.&nbsp; A wizard can copy it into a spellbook because it is &quot;naked&quot; - nothing obscuring its nature and so require a template - because again the magic is literally in it.A wizard with spell mastery is genius enough to actually be able to reproduce the spell, &quot;brush stroke for brush stroke&quot;.&nbsp; Damn he's good.A sorcerer is an idiot savant - he is color blind and unable to perceive the magic, but has exact reproductions stored in his head.&nbsp; &quot;You dropped 253 toothpicks and this is how I cast magic missile.&quot;Based on the above, used spell books should cost very little - translation will be a chore for any who use them.&nbsp; The cost is for the &quot;spell components&quot; for perceiving the magic clearly enough to translate it onto paper, and once placed on paper the magic is gone.Well, that’s my interpretation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Beholder Bob, post: 1140040, member: 12866"] I always had the scribing of a spell into a spellbook be more then the alpha/numeric values written into paper, but rather an arcane practice of literally bonding the magic to the book to the mage. You have a hard time of using another’s spellbook, a spellcraft roll being required. Spells are absurdly complex, the casting of one without the "template" provided by the spellbook would leave it beyond the ability of a wizard to do. Think of the color blind test, with multi colored dots that include a word written in a particular color. If your color blind, all you see are dots. The spellbook allows the wizard a unique color vision for the particular spell he is trying to "see". The complex arrangements required to cast magic missiles is very complex and is a little different for each wizard. The wizard uses the "template" to see through the complexity of "dots" to perceive the magic missile design. Other people have different "color" needs, so using another's spellbook can be very challenging. The design is as complex as a painting - you know the general nature of, say, Mona Lisa, but the brush strokes are beyond your ability to memorize. So to, the wizard in general understands the Mona Lisa/magic missile picture, but needs to see it to get a mental snapshot imposed in his mind. Scrolls have the magic itself trapped in paper, not the "color template". A wizard can copy it into a spellbook because it is "naked" - nothing obscuring its nature and so require a template - because again the magic is literally in it. A wizard with spell mastery is genius enough to actually be able to reproduce the spell, "brush stroke for brush stroke". Damn he's good. A sorcerer is an idiot savant - he is color blind and unable to perceive the magic, but has exact reproductions stored in his head. "You dropped 253 toothpicks and this is how I cast magic missile." Based on the above, used spell books should cost very little - translation will be a chore for any who use them. The cost is for the "spell components" for perceiving the magic clearly enough to translate it onto paper, and once placed on paper the magic is gone. Well, that’s my interpretation. [/QUOTE]

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