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<blockquote data-quote="nute" data-source="post: 3397605" data-attributes="member: 10607">1) SRD says that it is common for wizards to charge for others to copy spells out of their spellbook, recommended cost is Spell Level x 50gp. If this is common practice, then if one wizard copied a spell from another without providing recompense, he is guilty of benefiting from a service without paying. While there is no physical theft (no physical object has been taken from the service provider), there is an implicit agreement in the act of copying a spell that appropriate payment must be given. It would be akin to sneaking into a movie theater without paying - technically you haven't stolen anything, but you are benefiting from a service without providing compensation.2) The RAW states that when a wizard gains a level, he gains two new spells of each level he can cast. It does not state that there is a payment for these spells. Thus the implication is that he either has figured out the formula for these new spells during his adventuring, or that he somehow acquires them for free through legitimate means (it would not be fair to a player to receive a penalty for the benefits of gaining a level). 3) Nothing is preventing a DM from adding on to the rules in the name of campaign flavor. One concept could be different types of wizards' guilds. An &quot;open-source&quot; guild that believes in free and open exchange of knowledge. &quot;Come on in, help yourself to our spellbook library. We'll just peruse your book in exchange and copy anything we don't have in our records, okay?&quot;&nbsp; Another would be a hardcore researchers' guild. &quot;If you want to learn a new spell from us, you have to research a spell we don't have on the books yet.&quot; Yet another would be a scroll exchange house. Give them a 7th level scroll, get back 7 spell levels worth of scrolls that you can scribe into your spellbook or use as you see fit.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nute, post: 3397605, member: 10607"] 1) SRD says that it is common for wizards to charge for others to copy spells out of their spellbook, recommended cost is Spell Level x 50gp. If this is common practice, then if one wizard copied a spell from another without providing recompense, he is guilty of benefiting from a service without paying. While there is no physical theft (no physical object has been taken from the service provider), there is an implicit agreement in the act of copying a spell that appropriate payment must be given. It would be akin to sneaking into a movie theater without paying - technically you haven't [i]stolen[/i] anything, but you are benefiting from a service without providing compensation. 2) The RAW states that when a wizard gains a level, he gains two new spells of each level he can cast. It does not state that there is a payment for these spells. Thus the implication is that he either has figured out the formula for these new spells during his adventuring, or that he somehow acquires them for free through legitimate means (it would not be fair to a player to receive a penalty for the benefits of gaining a level). 3) Nothing is preventing a DM from adding on to the rules in the name of campaign flavor. One concept could be different types of wizards' guilds. An "open-source" guild that believes in free and open exchange of knowledge. "Come on in, help yourself to our spellbook library. We'll just peruse your book in exchange and copy anything we don't have in our records, okay?" Another would be a hardcore researchers' guild. "If you want to learn a new spell from us, you have to research a spell we don't have on the books yet." Yet another would be a scroll exchange house. Give them a 7th level scroll, get back 7 spell levels worth of scrolls that you can scribe into your spellbook or use as you see fit. [/QUOTE]

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