Whirtlestaff's Wizards' Acad. Revisited, OOC02

[Scott DeWar]

He's asking whether there's a limit on 1 item per day for crafting, or whether you can craft multiple items up to the daily gp limit of 1000 gp.

I.E. can he craft a bunch of scrolls in a day, or is it limited to 1. I would imagine you can craft multiples, as if you decided to scribe a 0 level spell and were a 20th level wizard it should only be a minor effort.

Personally I think a scaling system would make more sense, but that'd probably be a bunch of work. Maybe if I ever run a new 3e game I'll addsomething in about it.

^ what he said^

by the way, what do you mean by a scaling sysem? a lv 1 caster can scrive x levels of spells and a lvel 20 caster can scribe x times y spell levels?

 

[renau1g]

Yes, I think that it's kind of crazy that a level 1 wizard can scribe as much as Elminster can...maybe that's just me.

 

[Leif]

Hmmm, a scaling system -- like a fish or a lizard?

For our purposes in this game, yes, you can craft multiple items/day, up to the gp limit, which is, in effect, a time limit, because there are only so many hours in a day. And my ruling doesn't apply to all wizards in the world, but all PCs in this game are Academy-Trained. This is just one area where you're all 'better than your average wizard.'

 

[Leif]

Lou, I just edited the blog post about Fire/Force spells. Check it out, please?

 

[KerlanRayne]

I think a scaling system for putting spells into the spellbook would make more sense. Right now it takes a 20th level wizard 24 hours to scribe a 9th level spell onto 9 pages in his spellbook. It would also take him 24 hours to scribe a 1st level spell onto 1 page. That doesn't make sense to me.

 

[Scott DeWar]

now that should apply, imho

 

[Leif]

Hmm, you're right, Kerlan. Let's see, how about if we start with the proposition that it should take a first level wizard one half day to copy one first level spell into his spellbook, or make one scroll of a first level spell.

Then as the wizard increases in power that time should be reduced, and as higher level spells become usable, they should take correspondingly longer. More thought it required and I don't have the time right now. Sorry....

 

[KerlanRayne]

I don't have a problem with how scrolls are setup because the higher level the spell is, the longer it takes to craft. When putting spells into a spellbook if it took like 1 or 2 hours per spell level, that would be better.

 

[Leif]

Ok, forget the stuff about scrolls.

How about if we say that copying a spell into your spell book takes one hour per spell level?

(See, what I was thinking was one-ninth of a day for each spell level, so that a ninth level spell takes exactly one day. One working day being 8 hours, and 8/9 being almost one, I rounded off to one hour per spell level.)

 

[Leif]

Mowgli, have you given any thought to the particulars of the source of Manny's sorcerous powers? ('Sourcerous powers'?? ) If you have, then that's cool, but if you haven't, I might just have an idea or two for ya.....