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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 8248032" data-attributes="member: 22424">One of the many things I've considered, but never done anything with, was the idea of getting rid of the idea that wizards know spells at all (excluding cantrips), and also the notion of copying them from one book to another.Instead, wizards would be able to prepare spells from any spellbook they had on hand. So if they captured another wizard's book that could significantly expand the set of spells they have available. (And if you also used suitably tight encumbrance rules, could make for some interesting choices - which spellbook does the wizard take with him on this adventure?)That then has the advantage that all those lovingly-detailed tomes of magic will have some residual value in the campaign - they're not just there to copy the spells and then discard. Plus, it gives lots of motivation for wizards to seek out and to hoard various spellbooks, because if you now have the only copy of some spell, you have a leg up on the competition...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 8248032, member: 22424"] One of the many things I've considered, but never done anything with, was the idea of getting rid of the idea that wizards know spells at all (excluding cantrips), and also the notion of copying them from one book to another. Instead, wizards would be able to prepare spells from any spellbook they had on hand. So if they captured another wizard's book that could significantly expand the set of spells they have available. (And if you also used suitably tight encumbrance rules, could make for some interesting choices - which spellbook does the wizard take with him on this adventure?) That then has the advantage that all those lovingly-detailed tomes of magic will have some residual value in the campaign - they're not just there to copy the spells and then discard. Plus, it gives lots of motivation for wizards to seek out and to hoard various spellbooks, because if you now have the [I]only[/I] copy of some spell, you have a leg up on the competition... [/QUOTE]

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