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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FoxWander" data-source="post: 5148868" data-attributes="member: 1356">This may be too late to matter but I just found this thread so I'll throw in my 2 coppers anyway. (edit after writing- sorry for the long post. I guess this was a bit more than just 2 coppers. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />)First off, as a DM I'd be ok with allowing a sorcerer with the scribe scroll feat to use it to make scrolls from a spellbook. It doesn't break the game but it does require some adjudication.Regarding the spells being erased from the spellbook in the scribing process- that actually seems like exactly what should happen given the RAW for the opposite (see- <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicOverview/arcaneSpells.htm#addingSpellstoaWizardsSpellbook" target="_blank">copying into a spellbook from a scroll</a>). So I agree with your DM about disallowing the "infinite scroll" effect irdeggman described above. But, I also wouldn't allow directly using the spells from the book as scrolls- mainly because it opens the path for rampant abuse. That allows ANY spellbook to become a really cheap collection of scrolls AND one that can be created without the Scribe Scroll feat! A 9th level scroll (at minimum caster level) costs 3825 gp. It only cost 900 gp to write it into a spellbook. If the spellbook can be used as a scroll - yadda, yadda - rampant abuse. (or at least vast profit for any enterprising wizard. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />)The only way I see to allow what your suggesting, without abuse, is to tweak the RAW for wizards copying spells (see the link above). 1-Decipher the spell2-Study it for a day3-Spellcraft check to successfully copy it4-Copied spell disappears from source5-Pay the normal gold and xp costs for creating a scrollAlternatively, since point 4 above merely exchanges the spell written in a book for one written on a separate (but ready to cast) piece of paper, for flavor purposes one could simply say that the sorcerer is merely making annotations IN the spellbook to transform those spellbook pages into a read-and-cast form (a scroll). That way you get your spellbook of scrolls without breaking the game.Now, using the modified spellbook method I just described, I could see there being some kind of discount to the normal cost of creating a scroll simply because the spellbook itself is already a partially magical writing due to the nature and ridiculous cost of spellbook ink. I would deduct the materials cost of the spellbook ink (ie- 1/3 the price, per crafting rules) directly from the materials cost for scribing. So creating a scroll directly from spellbook pages would at least cost less gold, but still have the XP cost- and 1st level scrolls would only cost XP! So there would be a benefit to that method, but it wouldn't be abusive.</blockquote>

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