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<blockquote data-quote="kreynolds" data-source="post: 445538" data-attributes="member: 2829">In regards to a scroll, the magic does indeed come from the scroll. If you cast detect magic on the scroll, it radiates an aura of magic. A Fireball spell is quite literally stored within a Scroll of Fireball. You simply need to release it.When you write a spell into your spellbook, you aren't storing anything in it besides handwriting. A spellbook is not magical unless made magical otherwise. The spells aren't stored within them at all. When you prepare a spell from your spellbook, you're just reading the text and getting the laborous part of the casting out of the way so that you can finish casting the spell relatively quickly later on.If you want to have spellbooks that you can cast directly from, like a scroll, just price the spellbook as multiple scrolls. If you want the spells to remain within the book after being used in this manner, just price it as a wondrous item. You could even limit a direct casting of a spell from your spellbook to once a day.You don't actually need house rules to do what you want. You just need a fancier spellbook, i.e. wondrous item.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kreynolds, post: 445538, member: 2829"] In regards to a scroll, the magic does indeed come from the scroll. If you cast detect magic on the scroll, it radiates an aura of magic. A Fireball spell is quite literally stored within a Scroll of Fireball. You simply need to release it. When you write a spell into your spellbook, you aren't storing anything in it besides handwriting. A spellbook is not magical unless made magical otherwise. The spells aren't stored within them at all. When you prepare a spell from your spellbook, you're just reading the text and getting the laborous part of the casting out of the way so that you can finish casting the spell relatively quickly later on. If you want to have spellbooks that you can cast directly from, like a scroll, just price the spellbook as multiple scrolls. If you want the spells to remain within the book after being used in this manner, just price it as a wondrous item. You could even limit a direct casting of a spell from your spellbook to once a day. You don't actually need house rules to do what you want. You just need a fancier spellbook, i.e. wondrous item. [/QUOTE]

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