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Message: <blockquote data-quote="N'raac" data-source="post: 5734201" data-attributes="member: 6681948">How is the scroll available if the seller does not have the spell in his or her spellbook? Presumably, it is in there and could be copied.  Counterbalancing that, the spellbook has a much greater value to the wizard, but most wizards eventually make a backup spellbook, and I'd imagine a SpellSeller would do so. Economics? I can scribe what, one scroll per day, and it costs me half the selling price of the scroll. I can sell you access to my spellbook for multiple spell access and reuse the spellbook repeatedly. If I'm going to make money selling spells, it seems like making more spellbooks for wizards to copy from would be the way to go. A lare building with rows of tables for spell-copying (I may as well make more money selling the necessary tools and equipment, right?) allows the spellbooks to remain on premises while the purchaser copies out his spell. 3rd Ed brought with it a certain commoditization of magic, wth the assumption you can buy those items you desire and can afford rather than beong stuck with whatever you find. That presupposes an economy. If access to spellbooks is a better business model (and I think it is) than scroll sales, then logically the better business model will evolve to more efficiently move this commodity. The PC has chosen a diffeent career path, so he lacks the infrastructure to sell access to his spells, but the ready availability of magical items seems to presuppose others who made a different choice. They must be pretty smart - they're wizards, after all - so I would expect them to use a smart business model. Sorry to derail your thread, Morrus! My experience is that I want a spellbook that has those utility spells I might wait a day to learn (for example, Stone to Flesh) and the spells I expect to carry every day. Sure, there are hundreds of spells available. Many are selections of different spells for similar purposes. I have no need to have every attack spell in my book, for example. There's no need, and no major benefit, to collecting them all. Unless, I suppose, I plan on making a career in magical device creation and spell sales! Hav you picked a specialization?  Maybe you kept the pre-fab's specialization?  [Maybe you're playing him already and any advice is too late?]</blockquote>

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