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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Evilhalfling" data-source="post: 3859295" data-attributes="member: 16991">Many 1st level spells don't scale past 5 (Ray of enfeeblement, shocking grasp) mage armor and mount work best at level 8, and magic missle scales to 9th.  A caster level higher than 10 is only really useful vs MR or dispels. So if you stopped the staff scaling at level 10 you could charge less normal staves, make the staff more useful in the hands of apprentices than masters, and not really change effectiveness. an ever-burning torch + magic weapon light = light at will = 100 gp + magic weapon (2355)5th level caster 750x5=3750+.75*3750+.5*3750 = 8437, total 11,000gp. 3rd level caster 7500gp ; 1st level caster 4000gp  = this seems far to cheap to me, just based on useability. 7500 is about half a charaters wealth at 6th level or a little more than the total expected award between 6th and 7th.  If you want to give it to PCs earlier you can leave it with only 1/2 charges, or make all spells cost 2 charges. 4550 for 25 spells? nearly the same cost as 25 scrolls cast at 3rd, a +1 weapon & a light stone (4330)</blockquote>