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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 3154645" data-attributes="member: 22424">Is it just me, or is the cost of adding spells to a Wizard's spellbook insane?The major benefit of the Wizard class, when compared with other Arcane casters, is the diversity of the spells that the wizard can call upon (well, that, and they gain access to new spell levels one class level earlier than Sorcerers and Warmages). But, when the Wizard only gets two 'free' spells per level, and it costs so much to add more new spells to the spellbook, isn't a lot of that diversity lost?And never mind the plight of the poor Wizard who wishes to create a 'travelling' spellbook so that his one and only copy doesn't get destroyed by a cruel DM, or worse the Wizard whose one and only copy has been destroyed and needs replaced! At 100 gp per spell level, it could take him months to rebuild, while all the time his Sorcerer friend is stocking up on fun magic items instead.Personally, I'm inclined to do one of two things:1) Reduce the cost of scribing significantly. Perhaps reduce it to as little as &quot;one vial of ink (8 gp) per page&quot;.or, perhaps better,2) Leave the costs as they are, but allow a Wizard to make use of captured and borrowed spellbooks without penalty - that is, they can learn spells from captured spellbooks, and prepare those spells from those books, without going through the pain of first scribing their own copy (and paying the spell tax), and without a Spellcraft check with each preparation.Any thoughts?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 3154645, member: 22424"] Is it just me, or is the cost of adding spells to a Wizard's spellbook insane? The major benefit of the Wizard class, when compared with other Arcane casters, is the diversity of the spells that the wizard can call upon (well, that, and they gain access to new spell levels one class level earlier than Sorcerers and Warmages). But, when the Wizard only gets two 'free' spells per level, and it costs so much to add more new spells to the spellbook, isn't a lot of that diversity lost? And never mind the plight of the poor Wizard who wishes to create a 'travelling' spellbook so that his one and only copy doesn't get destroyed by a cruel DM, or worse the Wizard whose one and only copy [I]has[/I] been destroyed and needs replaced! At 100 gp per spell level, it could take him months to rebuild, while all the time his Sorcerer friend is stocking up on fun magic items instead. Personally, I'm inclined to do one of two things: 1) Reduce the cost of scribing significantly. Perhaps reduce it to as little as "one vial of ink (8 gp) per page". or, perhaps better, 2) Leave the costs as they are, but allow a Wizard to make use of captured and borrowed spellbooks without penalty - that is, they can learn spells from captured spellbooks, and prepare those spells from those books, without going through the pain of first scribing their own copy (and paying the spell tax), and without a Spellcraft check with each preparation. Any thoughts? [/QUOTE]

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