Scroll Scribing time

[Murrdox]

Greetings!

I know this has been covered before, but I can't find the thread.

I've checked the player's guide and the DM's guide, as well as the FAQ on this, and I can't find anything.

Scribing a scroll takes 1 day for every 1000 GP in the cost. This, I understand.

Somewhere, though I remember that the MINIMUM time needed to make a scroll is still 1 day. I can't find this statement anywhere in the rules though. I've played a lot of spellcasters, but I've never been much of a scroll maker, and my players aren't very big on forging any magical items themselves, so I haven't run into scroll creation much as a DM.

My understanding is that I can only create a maximum of 1 scroll per day, and scribing that scroll takes me ALL day, even if it's only a level 1 scroll at 1st caster level.

 

[Zhure]

DMG, page 245

"Scribing a scroll requires 1 day per each 1,000 gp value of the completed scroll."

and page 242 "with a minimum of 1 day."
Greg

 

[Maitre Du Donjon]

And the controvery lied within the question: Can you put more than one spell on the scroll?

Otherwise than that, yes, if you scribe a "detect magic" scroll, it takes you all day.

Maitre D

 

[Quidam]

I don't think there's a hard ruling on this, but many people (myself included) play that you can create a single scroll with multiple spells on it in a single day as long as the price doesn't exceed 1kgp. Scrolls with multiple spells on them are often found in "official" treasures, yet are still considered a single scroll.

Don't get any funny ideas about perforating them so you can tear off a piece toilet-paper style and hand them out to your friends. Tear a scroll and you've got just that- toilet paper. With very expensive ink on it. Not too unlike wiping with silk.

 

[Murrdox]

Zhure, thanks for the page references! I love how they split up useful information like that! *sigh*

Anyways... I am at a loss at to whether or not I'd allow multiple spells per scroll to be scribed in one day. I remember a lot of people debating this... and the fact that there is no maximum for the amount of spells that are allowed on a scroll.

I'm not the DM this time around... so I'll ask my DM what he thinks. I'm not sure how I'd go in this situation.

In the one sense, I think wizards are screwed enough by how long it takes them to scribe spells into their spellbook, and they don't need ANOTHER day-long task like scribing scrolls. Maybe this is because in our campaigns, we tend to not have very much downtime.

On the other hand, I get the feeling I'd be skirting the rules by allowing multiple spells per scroll... namely because the instructions for scribing such scrolls are notably absent.

 

[Zhure]

You're welcome, we live to serve.

Regarding mutliple spells on scrolls and scribing time, my interpretation is 1 scroll of any number of scrolls, with a total scribing time of one day per 1000 gp final price. It seems to work for me.

Greg

 

[yennico]

You're welcome, we live to serve.

Regarding mutliple spells on scrolls and scribing time, my interpretation is 1 scroll of any number of scrolls, with a total scribing time of one day per 1000 gp final price. It seems to work for me.

Greg

I handle scribing a scroll differently.
A wizard can only write one scroll per day.
You can not write more than one spell on a scroll, but I reduced the writing time of a scroll to 0,5 hour / spell caster level of the scroll.

Just my 2 cents
yennico