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<blockquote data-quote="gizmo33" data-source="post: 3155654" data-attributes="member: 30001">IMO it's insane, and probably a result of metagaming rather than any other kind of logic.&nbsp; AFAIK 100 gp/page is two pounds of gold/page.&nbsp; Two pounds of gold can be hammered into a sheet 8.5 inches on a side about 1 mm thick (which is pretty thick for gold).&nbsp; In terms of actual gold leaf, wikipedia claims that an ounce of gold can be beaten into a 300 square foot sheet.&nbsp; Even a large tome could probably be leafed entirely in the amount of gold that the rules want for a single page.&nbsp; That's an illuminated manuscript!One could claim that the ink components are worth more than their weight in gold, in which case adventurers would probably want to know what they are so that they don't have to lug sacks of gold around with them.&nbsp; Griffon-feather quills could be the new diamonds.A 100 page spellbook costs 10,000 gp to fill up.&nbsp; That's 200 lbs - worth your weight in gold, even if you're a dwarf.&nbsp; Although according to some twist of logic, it's actually worth only half that much.&nbsp; Now I'm no economist but that just doesn't seem right, a perfectly usable spellbook is worth only half as much as it cost you to create it (and forget about the time spent).&nbsp; Seems to me like the person who wrote this section of the rules was Chaotic Evil.Is it really necessary to screw over PCs to this extent?&nbsp; What happened to just killing them with traps and monsters?&nbsp; I don't think this sort of gouging is necessary.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gizmo33, post: 3155654, member: 30001"] IMO it's insane, and probably a result of metagaming rather than any other kind of logic. AFAIK 100 gp/page is two pounds of gold/page. Two pounds of gold can be hammered into a sheet 8.5 inches on a side about 1 mm thick (which is pretty thick for gold). In terms of actual gold leaf, wikipedia claims that an ounce of gold can be beaten into a 300 square foot sheet. Even a large tome could probably be leafed entirely in the amount of gold that the rules want for a single page. That's an illuminated manuscript! One could claim that the ink components are worth more than their weight in gold, in which case adventurers would probably want to know what they are so that they don't have to lug sacks of gold around with them. Griffon-feather quills could be the new diamonds. A 100 page spellbook costs 10,000 gp to fill up. That's 200 lbs - worth your weight in gold, even if you're a dwarf. Although according to some twist of logic, it's actually worth only half that much. Now I'm no economist but that just doesn't seem right, a perfectly usable spellbook is worth only half as much as it cost you to create it (and forget about the time spent). Seems to me like the person who wrote this section of the rules was Chaotic Evil. Is it really necessary to screw over PCs to this extent? What happened to just killing them with traps and monsters? I don't think this sort of gouging is necessary. [/QUOTE]

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