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<blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 7855451" data-attributes="member: 93670">That first spoiler came from 3.5 I mentioned &amp; quoted it <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/ua-spell-versatility-a-deeper-dive.668407/post-7855020" target="_blank">earlier</a>, but you've been doggedly insisting such a rule existed in 5e since then.&nbsp; From your question, you still don't appear to realize that paying to gain access &amp; copy spells is different from[spoiler=&quot;actually scribing them&quot;]Writing a New Spell into a SpellbookOnce a wizard understands a new spell, she can record it into herspellbook.Time: The process takes 24 hours, regardless of the spell’s level.Space in the Spellbook: A spell takes up one page of the spell-book per spell level, so a 2nd-level spell takes two pages, a 5th-level spell takes five pages, and so forth. Even a 0-level spell(cantrip) takes one page. A spellbook has one hundred pages.Materials and Costs: Materials for writing the spell (specialquills, inks, and other supplies) cost 100 gp per page.Note that a wizard does not have to pay these costs in time orgold for the spells she gains for free at each new level. She simplyadds these to her spellbook as part of her ongoing research.[/spoiler]The cr6 mage and cr12 archmage's spellbook is relevant to the discussion not because I (dis)like them or because I have any particular preference, but because WotC is fond of printing words like &quot;It contains all the spells listed for the archmage in the Monster Manual. &quot;I made that clear earlier when I brought it up <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/ua-spell-versatility-a-deeper-dive.668407/post-7854919" target="_blank">earlier</a> the scroll/spellbook offerings,&nbsp; it should not come as a surprise.&nbsp; As to your campaign's running to 20, Wotc's own data indicates that they then to tail off shortly before or shortly after level 10.&nbsp; Having 3 wizards at the same table is a decidedly unusual occurrence &amp; sounds like it was not coincidence <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tetrasodium, post: 7855451, member: 93670"] That first spoiler came from 3.5 I mentioned & quoted it [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/ua-spell-versatility-a-deeper-dive.668407/post-7855020']earlier[/URL], but you've been doggedly insisting such a rule existed in 5e since then. From your question, you still don't appear to realize that paying to gain access & copy spells is different from [spoiler="actually scribing them"] Writing a New Spell into a Spellbook Once a wizard understands a new spell, she can record it into her spellbook. Time: The process takes 24 hours, regardless of the spell’s level. Space in the Spellbook: A spell takes up one page of the spell- book per spell level, so a 2nd-level spell takes two pages, a 5th- level spell takes five pages, and so forth. Even a 0-level spell (cantrip) takes one page. A spellbook has one hundred pages. Materials and Costs: Materials for writing the spell (special quills, inks, and other supplies) cost 100 gp per page. Note that a wizard does not have to pay these costs in time or gold for the spells she gains for free at each new level. She simply adds these to her spellbook as part of her ongoing research.[/spoiler] The cr6 mage and cr12 archmage's spellbook is relevant to the discussion not because I (dis)like them or because I have any particular preference, but because WotC is fond of printing words like "It contains all the spells listed for the archmage in the Monster Manual. " I made that clear earlier when I brought it up [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/ua-spell-versatility-a-deeper-dive.668407/post-7854919']earlier[/URL] the scroll/spellbook offerings, it should not come as a surprise. As to your campaign's running to 20, Wotc's own data indicates that they then to tail off shortly before or shortly after level 10. Having 3 wizards at the same table is a decidedly unusual occurrence & sounds like it was not coincidence ;). [/QUOTE]

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