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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gizmo33" data-source="post: 2331214" data-attributes="member: 30001">IME DMs are stingy when they haven't thought a situation through for all of the potential ways that PCs can use it to become godlike.  You first need to consider whether PC wizards will become godlike if they have access to a wider range of spells.  Probably not, considering they can still only cast those of the appropriate level.  Then:1.  make sure you're happy with the wizard spells in the book - remove spells you consider "broken" from your campaign or change them2.  remember you can only carry so many spellbooks Re-evaluate your standard response to the various approaches to getting spells:1.  High level wizards - IMO it makes sense that they would be nervous about handing out a fireball spell to a potential rival - wizards are pretty easy to kill with their own magic IMO.  Prices charged by nervous wizards may be fairly high.  Also - if you think gun-control is an issue, just imagine "spell-control" laws.  In especially lawful realms you might have to get a writ to trade spells.  Of course there's always the black market.2.  Trade in scrolls is probably governed by the same issues as (1)3.  If potions and magic swords are in the dungeon because they used to belong to dead adventurers, then it makes sense that spellbooks are there in equal numbers.  Add more spellbooks to your dungeons!  Of course they can decay pretty fast, so perhaps only a few pages are legible.  Infestation by bookworms (do they have them in 3E?) is also possible.  Books can be trapped (explosive runes, etc.) I have house rules for spell research.  IMC many spells were originally created through research, and tons of books exist on the general subject of magic that helps.  A library, time, materials, and spell craft roll are required - all based on level of spell.  IMC you can also research and "discover" spells that already exist in the rules.</blockquote>

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