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denny1824 01-06-07, 11:38 PM	Can a wizard use more than one spellbook? A spellbook only has 100 pages. Can a wizard buy a second spellbook to put new spells in once the first book fills up? Can a wizard just keep buying more and more spellbooks making the 100 page limit a minor financial barrier? Can the wizard then use the collection of books as if it were one spellbook? From what I have heard from players, this is something that most players don't bother keeping up with. I have never heard of any DM checking the size of a spellbook. On page 126 in the DMG, a premade level 10 wizard has a spellbook with more than 100 pages. I am hoping that there is a rule on this and that it will not be another case where the rules are vague and no one can give a clarification. :)
haferka 01-07-07, 12:35 AM	You are correct that there is a 100 page limit. Multiple books for higher level wizards seems to be "the norm" especialy with the "mastering a forign spellbook" rules. Basicly, if you come across an AR that grants a spellbook with some cool limited spell, you have to purchase the whole book. You might as well use the empty space for your own future spells.
_m_ 01-07-07, 10:51 PM	You are correct that there is a 100 page limit. Multiple books for higher level wizards seems to be "the norm" especialy with the "mastering a forign spellbook" rules. Basicly, if you come across an AR that grants a spellbook with some cool limited spell, you have to purchase the whole book. You might as well use the empty space for your own future spells. alot of people run around with 1 mighty big book instead, like boccobs blessed book, or a geometers book.
clannagh 01-08-07, 12:43 AM	Can a wizard use more than one spellbook? A spellbook only has 100 pages. Can a wizard buy a second spellbook to put new spells in once the first book fills up? Can a wizard just keep buying more and more spellbooks making the 100 page limit a minor financial barrier? Can the wizard then use the collection of books as if it were one spellbook? From what I have heard from players, this is something that most players don't bother keeping up with. I have never heard of any DM checking the size of a spellbook. On page 126 in the DMG, a premade level 10 wizard has a spellbook with more than 100 pages. I am hoping that there is a rule on this and that it will not be another case where the rules are vague and no one can give a clarification. :) A lot of GM's ignore spell books but a good many do not. You eventually need a way of handling the weight and also protecting the books from damage/theft.
_m_ 01-08-07, 12:50 AM	You eventually need a way of handling the weight and also protecting the books from damage/theft. i dunno, i've never seen a single effect that would do anything to my spellbooks. ever
kenobi65 01-08-07, 02:37 PM	i dunno, i've never seen a single effect that would do anything to my spellbooks. By the rules, it'd be difficult, as long as the books are on your person. If you rolled a natural "1" on a saving throw vs. a damaging effect, one of your items might take damage, too, but, assuming that the books are in your pack, and you've got anything else in-hand or on your person, it's likely that something else would take that shot before your books did. An effect like total immersion in lava would lead some DMs to rule that all of your items are taking damage, too...but, at that point, you've got other problems to worry about. Where you could run into problems is those times when your books are *not* on your person...at night, for example.
ShinAkuma2 01-08-07, 02:46 PM	An effect like total immersion in lava would lead some DMs to rule that all of your items are taking damage, too...but, at that point, you've got other problems to worry about. Well, a wizard may not last too long in lava...After he dies, his stuff is no longer attended, so if nothing else, his items will then start taking damage.
_m_ 01-08-07, 09:13 PM	Where you could run into problems is those times when your books are *not* on your person...at night, for example. meh, my wizard needs not sleep, so thats no biggy. as for being imersed in lava, any wizard who dosent have a way to get out deserves to have their spellbook melted.
clannagh 01-09-07, 05:59 PM	I think you guys are relying on the generosity of Gm's a bit here as far as item destruction goes. They are unlikely to be visible to attract a sunder attempt from the occult slayer but it seems to me that a whole series of situations ranging from falling off a gangplank and gettin immersed in water, being dipped in acid ... through to being set on fire could feasibly damage items carried. A lot of wizards just ignore spell book vulnerabilities and spellbook weight altogether, not to mentin spell writing costs, armor spell failure, the fact you need to read a scroll before starting to cast from it as well as having this amazing knack of having the precise scroll out of the 50 they carry pop in their hand as a free action round after round in combat. In short wizards rely a lot on the GM being to busy to muck about with this stuff most of the time. I suggest that, just in case, some nominal attempt to protect your spellbooks might be a good idea.