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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 7855342" data-attributes="member: 6801228">I have read XGE, conveniently you posted it so I don't have to dig it back out.The very first part reads " a character needs raw materials worth half of the item’s selling cost" which is exactly what I said.And, if you find the 50 gold increments too much, then you can break them back down. See, XGE says "Todetermine how many workweeks it takes to create an item, divide its gold piece cost by 50." Earlier they determined that a workweek is 5 days, so that is 10 gold a day. In the PHB they listed it as 5 gold a day, so this is an improvement to be sure, but it was still not enough to fix crafting (I will save that rant for later).But, that isn't your issue. Your issue comes from the number of hours. But, I think this is not really much of a problem.See the crafting rules cover everything from forging platemail to building ships to making paintings. But, because they are so broad, they end up not applying well to every specific case. For example, I am certain you could give Rembrandt the 10 gold painter's supplies and have him work, and the resulting piece would be worth more than 20 gold.These are guideline rules, so, while the time put in is less, the expertise required (only wizards can scribe spells from a wizard's spellbook) is likely enough. Besides, they are only copying a hundred pages of material. That should definitely not take longer than a week.No they aren't actually, you can buy a mundane spellbook from the equipment list and unlike the Potion of Healing, it is not in italics. In fact, no where in the entire game does it say that a spellbook is a magical item.Which could be explained by the personal magical power of the item.Scroll of Fireball can cast 1 spell if used by a spellcaster who can normally cast fireball.Necklace does not require attunement and can be used by anyone while casting up to 9 fireballsWand requires attunement by a spellcaster with their own magic, but can cast  7 fireballs and refresh them dailyThe staffs are not only even more restrictive in their attunement, but have abilities beyond the fireball spellSure, if the spellbook only had the fireball spell in it.I run homebrew games, and after five years of running I've only just recently had a wizard in the party. "Not clear" does not equal "nonexistent" or make my assumptions and process completely inaccurate. In fact, by putting together "what is the cost in materials" and "how much do you sell an item you craft for" it is a very reasonable assumption.You are the only one who seems to think that just because a minor detail or two doesn't line up perfectly the entire process needs to be thrown out the window.I've been using setting agnostic rules, found in the PHB and XGTE. If you want to start expanding this to rule sets that have not been published (ie darksun) or other specific settings that clearly break the mold (Eberron) that is on you, but I am not going to follow you down that trail.And I think it is.Grabbing this from your other discussion.Yes they do. Copying a spell is listed in the class features of the wizard. That is as setting neutral as you can get. 50 gold per spell level.</blockquote>

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