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<blockquote data-quote="random user" data-source="post: 1580751" data-attributes="member: 16581">If this belongs in another forum, please move it.&nbsp; I don't think it's exactly a rules question, nor is it exactly a custom rules question, but certainly I wouldn't object if it gets moved there.One of my players wants to create/research a new spell.I've read the bit in the DMG about creating new spells, so I'm clear on (what I assume are) the rules for it, though it just talks about it from the DM's side, not the player's side.&nbsp; Or is this just talking about the DM creating new spells that everyone knows? (Now that I think about it, I saw a mention on another thread about a unique spell feat?)However, my question is: In a realistic world, why don't hundreds of alternate little spells exist? If it's possible for a person to create a spell easily, why don't more people create them?I'd like to give my player the freedom to create a new spell (it's not even that powerful of a spell), but it needs to make sense, and I can't figure out a justification of why if he can make a spell, why hundreds of NPC's don't all make their own custom spells as well.Or do they all make them but they don't become popular for some reason?Has anyone else allowed their players to make custom spells, and if so, how did you handle this issue?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="random user, post: 1580751, member: 16581"] If this belongs in another forum, please move it. I don't think it's exactly a rules question, nor is it exactly a custom rules question, but certainly I wouldn't object if it gets moved there. One of my players wants to create/research a new spell. I've read the bit in the DMG about creating new spells, so I'm clear on (what I assume are) the rules for it, though it just talks about it from the DM's side, not the player's side. Or is this just talking about the DM creating new spells that everyone knows? (Now that I think about it, I saw a mention on another thread about a unique spell feat?) However, my question is: In a realistic world, why don't hundreds of alternate little spells exist? If it's possible for a person to create a spell easily, why don't more people create them? I'd like to give my player the freedom to create a new spell (it's not even that powerful of a spell), but it needs to make sense, and I can't figure out a justification of why if he can make a spell, why hundreds of NPC's don't all make their own custom spells as well. Or do they all make them but they don't become popular for some reason? Has anyone else allowed their players to make custom spells, and if so, how did you handle this issue? [/QUOTE]

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