Players in my game stay out.

[Quasqueton]

Players in my game, stay out.
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Now, for those not in my game. . .

Do spellbooks radiate a magical aura noticable with detect magic.

Quasqueton

 

[AuraSeer]

No, a spellbook itself is not magical and does not show up on detect magic.

Of course if there are any spells or long-running effects on the book, like explosive runes or secret page, those do radiate magic as normal.

 

[Altamont Ravenard]

Why would it matter if your players saw the information in this thread? If one of them is a wizard, he probably knows if his own spellbook radiates magic or not.

AR

 

[Thanee]

Doh! Because they then know that the book they saw/see is a spellbook (maybe they could not look in the book for some reason)?

Bye
Thanee

 

[atom crash]

My guess is his players have found a stack of books and he needs to know if a detect magic will show that one of the books is a spellbook, but he doesn't want to tip off his players that there's a spellbook in the stash.

My understanding is that spellbooks don't radiate magic unless, as AuraSeer pointed out, there is some magic spell/protection affecting it.

 

[TheEvil]

Just playing devil's advocate here. Comprehend Languages doesn't allow you to read a spellbook, only Read Magic (or a successful spellcraft check) does. Based on the text of RM, it seems to indicate that the writing in a spellbook is magical.

As an aside, which ever way you decide, I assume you will tell anyone playing a wizard which way it works?

 

[Quasqueton]

As an aside, which ever way you decide, I assume you will tell anyone playing a wizard which way it works?

Oh definitely.

Quasqueton

 

[AuraSeer]

Just playing devil's advocate here. Comprehend Languages doesn't allow you to read a spellbook, only Read Magic (or a successful spellcraft check) does. Based on the text of RM, it seems to indicate that the writing in a spellbook is magical.

Not necessarily. Comprehend languages also won't let you understand the meaning of a calculus equation or an electronic schematic, and neither of those are innately magical.

 

[hong]

Not necessarily. Comprehend languages also won't let you understand the meaning of a calculus equation or an electronic schematic, and neither of those are innately magical.

Stop revealing our secrets, freckhead.

 

[Jdvn1]

You can have magical spellbooks, though, as detailed in the CAr.