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<blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 7855180" data-attributes="member: 6987520">We were never talking about the use of the spellbook, so please stop changing the argument, it is about its VALUE in gp. A +3 longsword is little use to a druid (mabye as a nice letter opener?), but it still has tons of value if you can sell it. The info in XGtE is a baseline and all we have from 5E.A spell scroll is valuable for the spell since you can cast it once if your class allows. A spellbook is valuable to a wizard because it can greatly increase their access to spells, which they can then cast multiple times. Which is more valuable? One use or many? Sure, you can also learn a spell from a scroll, prepare it, and then copy it into the spellbook as well, but is only 1 spell as opposed to dozens. Which is more valuable? One or many?Answer: totally up to the player. We place value on something according to our need or desire. I can't see an archmage's spellbook, thinking of it as a permanent legendary item, as less than 200,000 gp to a librabry or rich NPC who could afford it. But, as I said, it is up to the DM/player how much they are willing to pay/sell an item for.Now, a better argument IMO, as I have pointed out, is that at higher levels, an archmage's spellbook isn't likely to have many spells I won't already have in my own spellbook. That decreases its value. If you bought your recipe book, but already had 500 of the 660 recipes, is it still worth the same value to you?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DND_Reborn, post: 7855180, member: 6987520"] We were never talking about the [I]use [/I]of the spellbook, so please stop changing the argument, it is about its VALUE in gp. A +3 longsword is little use to a druid (mabye as a nice letter opener?), but it still has tons of value if you can sell it. The info in XGtE is a baseline and all we have from 5E. A spell scroll is valuable for the spell since you can cast it [I]once [/I]if your class allows. A spellbook is valuable to a wizard because it can greatly increase their access to spells, which they can then cast [I]multiple times[/I]. Which is more valuable? One use or many? Sure, you can also learn a spell from a scroll, prepare it, and then copy it into the spellbook as well, but is only 1 spell as opposed to dozens. Which is more valuable? One or many? Answer: totally up to the player. We place value on something according to our need or desire. I can't see an archmage's spellbook, thinking of it as a permanent legendary item, as less than 200,000 gp to a librabry or rich NPC who could afford it. But, as I said, it is up to the DM/player how much they are willing to pay/sell an item for. Now, a better argument IMO, as I have pointed out, is that at higher levels, an archmage's spellbook isn't likely to have many spells I won't already have in my own spellbook. That decreases its value. If you bought your recipe book, but already had 500 of the 660 recipes, is it still worth the same value to you? [/QUOTE]

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