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<blockquote data-quote="Pax" data-source="post: 1086859" data-attributes="member: 6875"><p>Magic of Faerun has an entire system of rules for this.</p><p></p><p>In settings where the DM goes after my spellbook, if I play a wizard, I like to spend LOTS of cash on my books. Metal cover, metal poil pages, slipcase ... and all of it self-repairing Living Metal! bwa ha ha!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And the wizard has his spellbook out in the open during battle ... <strong>why,</strong>, exactly?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Any wizard stupid enough to fall for MEDIEVAL painted figures, doesn't deserve to be casting CANTRIPS, let alone real spells.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This assumes the book is around; once a wizard runs low on spells, if they'r ehigh-level, they <em>teleport without error</em> to their home (which could even be extraplanar!), where their spellbooks are.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not every spell has a material component. And, just because you nail the spell component pouch (SCP), doesn't mean the wizard is without all material components -- it just means that they aren't <strong>assumed</strong> to have non-costly components on them.</p><p></p><p>If Dufus the fire-wizard wants to keep sulphur and bat-guano hidden in his BEARD ... then, he can still pop off fireballs, even sans SCP.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Where did you get the idea that the spellbook is even within fifty MILES of a moderate-to-high-level wizard?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>He'd laugh, because the act of attackinghim woudl trigger hsi Chain Contingency, while his Ring of Minor Universal Elemental Immunity would prevent any damage to him or his clothes and gear.</p><p></p><p>Then he'd blast you, and your descendants to teh seventh generation, into a fine ash.</p><p></p><p>I mean ... you DID say FAIRLY HIGH LEVEL wizard. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes :rolleyes:" data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p><p></p><p>And even if you DID get his spellbook -- I woudl be surprised if any wizard of over 8th level or so didn't have at LEAST one full set of "backups". 10K for a BBB ... chump change, to a wizard.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pax, post: 1086859, member: 6875"] Magic of Faerun has an entire system of rules for this. In settings where the DM goes after my spellbook, if I play a wizard, I like to spend LOTS of cash on my books. Metal cover, metal poil pages, slipcase ... and all of it self-repairing Living Metal! bwa ha ha! And the wizard has his spellbook out in the open during battle ... [b]why,[/b], exactly? Any wizard stupid enough to fall for MEDIEVAL painted figures, doesn't deserve to be casting CANTRIPS, let alone real spells. This assumes the book is around; once a wizard runs low on spells, if they'r ehigh-level, they [i]teleport without error[/i] to their home (which could even be extraplanar!), where their spellbooks are. Not every spell has a material component. And, just because you nail the spell component pouch (SCP), doesn't mean the wizard is without all material components -- it just means that they aren't [b]assumed[/b] to have non-costly components on them. If Dufus the fire-wizard wants to keep sulphur and bat-guano hidden in his BEARD ... then, he can still pop off fireballs, even sans SCP. Where did you get the idea that the spellbook is even within fifty MILES of a moderate-to-high-level wizard? He'd laugh, because the act of attackinghim woudl trigger hsi Chain Contingency, while his Ring of Minor Universal Elemental Immunity would prevent any damage to him or his clothes and gear. Then he'd blast you, and your descendants to teh seventh generation, into a fine ash. I mean ... you DID say FAIRLY HIGH LEVEL wizard. :rolleyes: And even if you DID get his spellbook -- I woudl be surprised if any wizard of over 8th level or so didn't have at LEAST one full set of "backups". 10K for a BBB ... chump change, to a wizard. [/QUOTE]
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