I think my wizard is going to be poor

[fl8m]

I just want to make sure i read this correctly. If my wizard purchases a 1st level scroll it'll cost about 25 gp. To place the spell from that scroll into my spellbook i have to make a spellcraft check dc 15 + the level of the spell (in this case 16). Then i have to spend 200 gp per page to place it in my spellbook, the spell takes 2 pages per level. so for a first level spell it'll take 400 gold and 2 pages of my spellbook.

uhm... is that right? am i really expected to come up with 425 gp for a first level spell? or 2000 + scroll cost for a 5th level spell?

also, do i have to pay to scribe the 2 free spells i get every level as a wizard into my spellbook?

 

[Crothian]

Yes, being a Wizard is expensive. Our Wizard has spent nearly 80% of outr money until the Range rcaught up by crafting items.

The two spells you get for gaining a level are free.

 

[Oni]

Your numbers look right.

You don't have to pay for spells gained through leveling up (they also do not require time to scribe)

 

[fl8m]

thanks, it looks like those 2 extra spells a level are going to be quite nice. although that does throw a small snag in my plan to pick up elemental savant at 6th level.. losing out on 20 new spells over 10 levels could be unpleasant, unless i find another casters spellbook muahaha

 

[Oni]

You still gain the two spells per level to your spellbook for +1 level of existing class.

 

[Gunslinger]

Or you could take the best feat ever for wizards, spellbook mastery. It allows you to automatically learn your intel modifier # of spells at each level rather than 2(example-if your intel is 18 you would get 4 spells per level). I'm pretty sure that you can take at second or third level. I believe it's in either Path of Magic or Tome and Blood.

 

[Dr. Zoom]

I just want to make sure i read this correctly. If my wizard purchases a 1st level scroll it'll cost about 25 gp. To place the spell from that scroll into my spellbook i have to make a spellcraft check dc 15 + the level of the spell (in this case 16). Then i have to spend 200 gp per page to place it in my spellbook, the spell takes 2 pages per level. so for a first level spell it'll take 400 gold and 2 pages of my spellbook.

uhm... is that right? am i really expected to come up with 425 gp for a first level spell? or 2000 + scroll cost for a 5th level spell?

That is incorrect. It's 100gp per page, not 200. See PH, page 155.

also, do i have to pay to scribe the 2 free spells i get every level as a wizard into my spellbook?

No. They are free.

 

[AuraSeer]

Note that scribing spells is free when you use a Boccob's Blessed Book. Any wizard should buy, find, create, or steal one of those at his first opportunity.

 

[fl8m]

are you sure about that oni?

You still gain the two spells per level to your spellbook for +1 level of existing class.

wouldn't that be one of the "perks" of being a straight wizard?
I'll have to look up the +1 spells per day description.

 

[Thanee]

He's right.

BTW, we dropped the scribing cost to one tenth (10gp per page), because it's ... well ... ridiculous!

Bye
Thanee