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Power of the Press: Mass produced magic?
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<blockquote data-quote="babomb" data-source="post: 1370140" data-attributes="member: 1316"><p>Hmm. Offhand, I'd say that writing magic requires a special notation, like music does. This would make it difficult to produce using a standard printing press, but possibly a specialized press could be used for spells. The press would be very expensive, however.</p><p></p><p></p><p>After <i>manuals of bodily health</i>, etc., are used once, they lose their magical ability. Items from a printing press would be similar to books that had already been used. In the case of scrolls, a wizard could use such a scroll to prepare the spell or copy it into his spellbook, but could not use the scroll to cast on the fly. The only way to make items from a printing press magical is to spend the full normal XP cost (though the GP cost may be reduced.)</p><p></p><p>Now, I suppose a magical printing press could produce magic items, but the cost to make a magical press would be very high. It would have to be enchanted for each spell that it can print scrolls of, with a cost at least equal to that of making a magical item that can cast those spells at will (but probably considerably higher). That said, any powerful wizards' guilds/schools would almost certainly want one. It could easily pay for itself in 2-3 years, depending on their activities. Plus the enchanting it with spells could be done a little at a time and be spread out among a large number of wizards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="babomb, post: 1370140, member: 1316"] Hmm. Offhand, I'd say that writing magic requires a special notation, like music does. This would make it difficult to produce using a standard printing press, but possibly a specialized press could be used for spells. The press would be very expensive, however. After <i>manuals of bodily health</i>, etc., are used once, they lose their magical ability. Items from a printing press would be similar to books that had already been used. In the case of scrolls, a wizard could use such a scroll to prepare the spell or copy it into his spellbook, but could not use the scroll to cast on the fly. The only way to make items from a printing press magical is to spend the full normal XP cost (though the GP cost may be reduced.) Now, I suppose a magical printing press could produce magic items, but the cost to make a magical press would be very high. It would have to be enchanted for each spell that it can print scrolls of, with a cost at least equal to that of making a magical item that can cast those spells at will (but probably considerably higher). That said, any powerful wizards' guilds/schools would almost certainly want one. It could easily pay for itself in 2-3 years, depending on their activities. Plus the enchanting it with spells could be done a little at a time and be spread out among a large number of wizards. [/QUOTE]
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