NPC wizard spellbooks

[CCamfield]

One thing I have a hard time figuring out when creating NPCs is how many spells an NPC wizard should have in their spellbook. Obviously they're going to get the minimum (self-learned) spells, but the number of spells that they might have copied from someone else is vague. Do you have a ballpark of a certain number of spells per level that you usually give to your NPCs?

 

[dcollins]

This is one subject that I also wish was given treatment in the rules ("expected" spellbooks, similar to expected treasure). There are no such guidelines in the rulebooks.

 

[Destil]

NPC wizards buy and scribe spells using their starting gold, just like a fighter buys weapons and armor. Just decuct the cost of scribing and scrolls from their NPC wealth.

Cost of buying a scroll of & scribing a spell of level x:

25*(minimum caster level)*x + 200*x

Also, this is useful.