help with scribing spells

[apsuman]

I was wondering...

Scribing scrolls takes time and money. While I am not advocating lower the amount of each necessary to put a spell in a spell book, I thought about having an assistant (i.e. a lower level wizard lackey) to do the work, freeing up the time.

So,

Does this seem like a good or a bad idea?

Since a second level wizard working for a tenth level wizard is going to have a bear of a time scribing those higher level spells, can anyone suggest a game mechanic for resolving the problems around the lower level wizard not being albe to make the spellcraft checks?

g!

 

[AGGEMAM]

Do not forget that scribing scrolls also costs XP, so the amount of scrolls a lackey could scribe is limited, since you cannot create any magical item if the XP cost forces you to loose a level.

 

[apsuman]

D'Oh!

Let me be a little clearer here, I am talking about putting new spells into a spellbook, not making scrolls.

Altought that is a good question too; what mechanic exists (or should exist) for an old wizard to delegate the creation of scrolls to his lackeys?

I am thinking about the old gezzer pays the normal XP + 10% where the 10% is given to the young'un that actually made the scroll.

Alas, I am hijacking my own thread here, I was looking for ways to make the lesser wizards scribe spells into the spellbooks of the higher wizards...

g!

 

[Artoomis]

Generally no, you cannot have anyone else scribe your spells into your spellbook - this would be the same as attempting to use a someone else's spellbook - there are rules in T&B for doing this.