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<blockquote data-quote="Amal Shukup" data-source="post: 2050975" data-attributes="member: 6291">Yup. They suck <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :-)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" />Found them unplayable, really. I replaced 'em entirely. Highpoints:Wizard Spellbooks are basically cookbooks. Nothing inherently special about 'em. I took some/most of the Spellbook costs and associated them research. Four ways to learn a new Spell:1. The generic two/level from 'ongoing research and contemplation'

2. Decipher/Learn/Copy from an acquired source (requires: copy of Spell, time, research expenses, Spellcraft check) 

3. Develop a new Spell from scratch (requires: more time, more expenses, more difficult check) 

4. Decipher/Learn and Memorize a new Spell from an acquired source (Hail Mary). Useful for those locked in a tower situations. (requires: copy of Spell, a free 'slot', an hour, no cost, rather difficult check w/'mishap' rules similar to those used for scrolls)Why not Hail Mary's all the time? Because the Wizard must increase Spellcraft Ranks by at least one before trying to learn a given Spell again. Failing to learn a given Spell three times means a Spell can NEVER be learned. Seems to work out okay IMC...A'Mal</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Amal Shukup, post: 2050975, member: 6291"] Yup. They suck :-) Found them unplayable, really. I replaced 'em entirely. Highpoints: Wizard Spellbooks are basically cookbooks. Nothing inherently special about 'em. I took some/most of the Spellbook costs and associated them research. Four ways to learn a new Spell: [INDENT]1. The generic two/level from 'ongoing research and contemplation' 2. Decipher/Learn/Copy from an acquired source (requires: copy of Spell, time, research expenses, Spellcraft check) 3. Develop a new Spell from scratch (requires: more time, more expenses, more difficult check) 4. Decipher/Learn and [B]Memorize[/B] a new Spell from an acquired source (Hail Mary). Useful for those locked in a tower situations. (requires: copy of Spell, a free 'slot', an hour, no cost, rather difficult check w/'mishap' rules similar to those used for scrolls)[/INDENT] Why not Hail Mary's all the time? Because the Wizard must increase Spellcraft Ranks by at least one before trying to learn a given Spell again. Failing to learn a given Spell three times means a Spell can NEVER be learned. Seems to work out okay IMC... A'Mal [/QUOTE]

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