Old rules about Spellbooks.

[Olli]

i thing this rules were also found in the original D&D rules (i think its somewhere in the red box with the elmore cover on it).

hard rule or not, this has been the way for me with spellbooks ever since... (its hard to change, what you learn the hardway as a teen...)

 

[green slime]

Ah, was never a problem really.

The MU was always too stingy to ever consider casting a spell from his spellbook, even when I presented the idea to him.

 

[diaglo]

OD&D(1974) spellbooks were even more out of this world.

2000gp per spell level per spell.

each book contained a certain spell level. so a book for 1st lvl spells. a book for 2nd lvl spells, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th.

 

[T. Foster]

OD&D(1974) spellbooks were even more out of this world.

2000gp per spell level per spell.

each book contained a certain spell level. so a book for 1st lvl spells. a book for 2nd lvl spells, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th.

It's actually 2000gp for the 1st level spell book, doubled for each higher level (so 4000gp for 2nd level, 8000gp for 3rd, 16,000gp for 4th, 32,000gp for 5th, and a whopping 64,000gp for 6th) but I've always read that as being the total cost per book (i.e. including all spells of the appropriate level), not cost per spell.

 

[green slime]

It's actually 2000gp for the 1st level spell book, doubled for each higher level (so 4000gp for 2nd level, 8000gp for 3rd, 16,000gp for 4th, 32,000gp for 5th, and a whopping 64,000gp for 6th) but I've always read that as being the total cost per book (i.e. including all spells of the appropriate level), not cost per spell.

One would most certainly hope so...

 

[diaglo]

It's actually 2000gp for the 1st level spell book, doubled for each higher level (so 4000gp for 2nd level, 8000gp for 3rd, 16,000gp for 4th, 32,000gp for 5th, and a whopping 64,000gp for 6th) but I've always read that as being the total cost per book (i.e. including all spells of the appropriate level), not cost per spell.

doh. this is why i say i suck at the rules. if i ain't dealing with it, it is lost in the vast waste land of my mind.

i make the m-u spend 2000gp on research for each spell level for the spells they make. edit: b/c the research cost that T Foster posted is per spell not book.

 

[dcas]

The MU was always too stingy to ever consider casting a spell from his spellbook, even when I presented the idea to him.

Hah, when the choice is between "cast directly from the book" and "die," my stingy M-U character would choose the former every time (it happened once, I don't recall the specifics except that it was a common spell I knew I'd be able to recover later).

 

[Technomancer]

These particular PCs would have definitely (a) hidden the body without telling anyone, (b) moved to another town anonymously, (c) attacked anyone who came for the goods. They found that a lot easier than dungeoneering at that point.

So the best plan is to wait outside a magic training school on graduation day and start hacking away as they walk out.

 

[Delta]

So the best plan is to wait outside a magic training school on graduation day and start hacking away as they walk out.

"Magic training school"? You must be playing Forgotten Realms or something.