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<blockquote data-quote="jefgorbach" data-source="post: 5888066" data-attributes="member: 28278">[MENTION=1861]Loonook[/MENTION]ok, um so? He's effectively scanning a large collection of spellbooks/reference works into a single &quot;pdf file&quot; of images so the originals can be left safely elsewhere while he travels with the more portable form. Provided its legible, one can view/study an image of text just as well as the original pages so I would allow it.The SRD states &quot;A spellbook has 100 pages of parchment, and each spell takes up one page per spell level (one page each for 0-level spells).&quot; It does NOT say what the game world decided upon for a standard page size, so for simplisity lets say its 12 inches x 12 inches (1 square foot) thus a standard spellbook requires 100 square feet of parchment. The description for Silent Image does NOT say its static, but only &quot;the illusion does not create sound, smell, texture, or temperature&quot; making it akin to the early black-n-white silent movies. An image of a roaring campfire may not be crackling nor hot to the touch but its still an image of a roaring campfire; therefore an image of slowly flipping pages should be possible. Rather pointless, but possible. I say pointless because consider the massive size of the image. A Wizard3 (minimum to have the Craft Wondrous Item feat) creates (7) 10 fOOT CUBES equating to 4,200 square feet; enough space to scan 42 spellbooks; so to make it functual, I would DM-fiat the device projects a &quot;scrollable&quot; 12 inch x 12 inch window/section of the total document, controlled by audio commands (on/off, Record, top, up, down, bottom, goto page#). Since Silent Image is a concentration spell, the user would need to read EACH page in the order he desires them stored with ONLY those pages included in the most recent recording session existing within the device for display. IOW -ALL- (42) original spellbooks would need read in a single Concentration session to completly fill the device; Concentration checks would apply, with failture indicating your attention wandered and further pages can't be filled without restarting from page 1.-BLANK- Spell TabletCL 3, Silent Image, triggered by command word (1 x 3 x 1,800)Doesn't use a body slot (like ioun stones)&nbsp; &nbsp; x2Item requires knowing specific language&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; -10%Item only useable by wizards&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; -30%Adjusted manufacturing cost&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 6,480gpManufacture's Suggested Retail Price&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 12,960gp Price does NOT include any spells/data.Comparable to (42) blank spellbooks at 15gp each: 630gp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jefgorbach, post: 5888066, member: 28278"] [MENTION=1861]Loonook[/MENTION] ok, um so? He's effectively scanning a large collection of spellbooks/reference works into a single "pdf file" of images so the originals can be left safely elsewhere while he travels with the more portable form. Provided its legible, one can view/study an image of text just as well as the original pages so I would allow it. The SRD states "A spellbook has 100 pages of parchment, and each spell takes up one page per spell level (one page each for 0-level spells)." It does NOT say what the game world decided upon for a standard page size, so for simplisity lets say its 12 inches x 12 inches (1 square foot) thus a standard spellbook requires 100 square feet of parchment. The description for Silent Image does NOT say its static, but only "the illusion does not create sound, smell, texture, or temperature" making it akin to the early black-n-white silent movies. An image of a roaring campfire may not be crackling nor hot to the touch but its still an image of a roaring campfire; therefore an image of slowly flipping pages should be possible. Rather pointless, but possible. I say pointless because consider the massive size of the image. A Wizard3 (minimum to have the Craft Wondrous Item feat) creates (7) 10 fOOT CUBES equating to 4,200 square feet; enough space to scan 42 spellbooks; so to make it functual, I would DM-fiat the device projects a "scrollable" 12 inch x 12 inch window/section of the total document, controlled by audio commands (on/off, Record, top, up, down, bottom, goto page#). Since Silent Image is a concentration spell, the user would need to read EACH page in the order he desires them stored with ONLY those pages included in the most recent recording session existing within the device for display. IOW -ALL- (42) original spellbooks would need read in a single Concentration session to completly fill the device; Concentration checks would apply, with failture indicating your attention wandered and further pages can't be filled without restarting from page 1. -BLANK- Spell Tablet CL 3, Silent Image, triggered by command word (1 x 3 x 1,800) Doesn't use a body slot (like ioun stones) x2 Item requires knowing specific language -10% Item only useable by wizards -30% Adjusted manufacturing cost 6,480gp Manufacture's Suggested Retail Price 12,960gp Price does NOT include any spells/data. Comparable to (42) blank spellbooks at 15gp each: 630gp. [/QUOTE]

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