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<blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 7855008" data-attributes="member: 93670">did you not read the section you were pointing at enough to realize that it's talking about hirelings?You do realize that PCs and NPCs don't follow all of the same rulesYou accurately note that an archmage's spellbook might sell for a notable amount, but the fact that people think spellbooks are still considered to have the same kind of astronomical value as they did under the LFQW days.&nbsp; There are prices for spell scrolls on xge174, raritydc/atack bonuses for spell scrolls on dmg200, but neither gives even a suggested formula for converting filled spellbook pages to an estimated price.&nbsp; A scroll does quite a bit more than a spell book as it can actually be scribed or cast while the book can only be cast.&nbsp; The answer is &quot;literally whatever the gm decides because spellbooks don't even have example rarities&quot; for anything shy of artifacts like the book of vile darkness/book of exalted deeds on dmg222...&nbsp; It's almost like you've brought up yet another basic question about wizards&nbsp; wotc provides no guidance for guiding a GM.That's great, but a spellbook with a bunch of spells only useful for a wizard wanting to scribe it is extremely different from an enormous stack of scrolls that anyone can cast using the rules on dmg200. To a non-wizard, one is useful &amp; the other one is somewhere between &quot;worth a lot&quot; &amp; &quot;soft toilet paper&quot; depending on f you can find a wizard to buy it or not.&nbsp; Back in 3.5 page 54 of the dmg said &quot;If you’re designing an encounter with a wizard, subtract the valueof a spellbook and material components (see Selling a Spellbook,page 179 of the Player’s Handbook) from the averagetreasure value, but I'm not aware of any such rules in 5e, are you?&quot;edit: For arguments sake, that section back in the 3.5 phb read&quot;Selling a SpellbookCaptured spellbooks can be sold for a gp amount equal to one-half the cost of purchasing and inscribing the spells within (that is, one-half of 100 gp per page of spells). A spellbook entirely filled with spells (thatis, with one hundred pages of spells inscribed in it) is worth 5,000 gp.&quot;5e isn't the sort of gold fountain as 3.5, so it's safe to say dramatically less than the 330,000-700,000 guesstimate above &amp; probably even less than the 3.5 value of 100gp/spell level</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tetrasodium, post: 7855008, member: 93670"] did you not read the section you were pointing at enough to realize that it's talking about hirelings? You do realize that PCs and NPCs don't follow all of the same rules You accurately note that an archmage's spellbook might sell for a notable amount, but the fact that people think spellbooks are still considered to have the same kind of astronomical value as they did under the LFQW days. There are prices for spell [I]scrolls o[/I]n xge174, raritydc/atack bonuses for spell [I]scrolls[/I] on dmg200, but neither gives even a suggested formula for converting filled spellbook pages to an estimated price. A [I]scroll [/I]does quite a bit more than a spell book as it can actually be scribed or cast while the book can only be cast. The answer is "literally whatever the gm decides because spellbooks don't even have example rarities" for anything shy of artifacts like the book of vile darkness/book of exalted deeds on dmg222... It's almost like you've brought up yet another basic question about wizards wotc provides no guidance for guiding a GM. That's great, but a spellbook with a bunch of spells only useful for a wizard wanting to scribe it is extremely different from an enormous stack of scrolls that anyone can cast using the rules on dmg200. To a non-wizard, one is useful & the other one is somewhere between "worth a lot" & "soft toilet paper" depending on f you can find a wizard to buy it or not. Back in 3.5 page 54 of the dmg said [I]"If you’re designing an encounter with a wizard, subtract the valueof a spellbook and material components [B](see Selling a Spellbook,page 179 of the Player’s Handbook)[/B] from the averagetreasure value, but I'm not aware of any such rules in 5e, are you?"[/I] edit: For arguments sake, that section back in the 3.5 phb read [I]" Selling a Spellbook Captured spellbooks can be sold for a gp amount equal to one-half the cost of purchasing and inscribing the spells within (that is, one-half of 100 gp per page of spells). A spellbook entirely filled with spells (thatis, with one hundred pages of spells inscribed in it) is worth 5,000 gp. "[/I] 5e isn't the sort of gold fountain as 3.5, so it's safe to say dramatically less than the 330,000-700,000 guesstimate above & probably even less than the 3.5 value of 100gp/spell level [/QUOTE]

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