tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post644178250348708770..comments2024-02-28T05:14:52.166-04:00Comments on A Hamsterish Hoard of Dungeons and Dragons: Spellbook musings: part the first.taicharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213053468697534564noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-117346704989672622009-03-27T11:53:00.000-03:002009-03-27T11:53:00.000-03:00@Derek:Also true! And a goodly number of those va...@Derek:<BR/><BR/>Also true! And a goodly number of those variants are well worth using, also. But at the moment I want something of the mundane-ish sort for my MUs.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if I would go so far as to subdivide entirely by race; maybe in another campaign ...<BR/><BR/><BR/>@Jeff Rients:<BR/><BR/>That works too! *grins* <BR/><BR/>But I confess; I <I>like</I> tinkering with taicharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213053468697534564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-26337850481691905932009-03-27T11:32:00.000-03:002009-03-27T11:32:00.000-03:00I've sidestepped most of the issue regarding spell...I've sidestepped most of the issue regarding spellbooks by allowing them to be left at home during adventures. Under my house rules memorized spells automatically recharged after resting. You only need to consult your book(s) to change your spell selection.<BR/><BR/>Not that I'm trying to discourage you from writing up some nifty spellbook rules!Jeff Rientshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-69276942868841980212009-03-27T09:47:00.000-03:002009-03-27T09:47:00.000-03:00I can also remember (although the source is long f...I can also remember (although the source is long forgotten) the suggestion that spellbooks be tailored to the culture. So one wizard may have a "traditional" spellbook, but another from elsewhere may have a large scroll (more like a Torah, than the traditional treasure item) and another a collection of tablets made of clay or bronze or such.<BR/><BR/>Although my players always used the Derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06837009476119348823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-24755115209496605082009-03-27T09:12:00.000-03:002009-03-27T09:12:00.000-03:00@Chris:Didn't AD&D do something similar to...@Chris:<BR/><BR/><I>Didn't AD&D do something similar to this? You had your permanent spellbook at home, probably on a lectern, and your 'travelling spellbook' (a little chapbook thing) that went on adventures but only held a few spells. There was an essay about this in UA IIRC.</I><BR/><BR/>It did indeed! I have the information in question squirreled away here somewhere, but I taicharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213053468697534564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-7353716364500417552009-03-27T08:36:00.000-03:002009-03-27T08:36:00.000-03:00Well, price wise the SRD says the empty spell book...Well, price wise the SRD says the empty spell book costs 15gp, but the materials to write cost 100gp per page, and you need a page per spell level, which adds a lot of bookkeeping (but I'm enjoying it as a 3E wizard player). Anyway, all that matters is that the empty book is cheap; once you've filled it with spells, it's very expensive.<BR/><BR/>I like the image of huge tomes used for spells. Alex Schroederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17104864340940538702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-87761041806052469082009-03-27T04:49:00.000-03:002009-03-27T04:49:00.000-03:00Didn't AD&D do something similar to this? ...Didn't AD&D do something similar to this? You had your permanent spellbook at home, probably on a lectern, and your 'travelling spellbook' (a little chapbook thing) that went on adventures but only held a few spells. There was an essay about this in UA IIRC.<BR/><BR/>Good stuff Taichara. Noted for future *yoink* potential. ;)Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072272223837426211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-75969479688482680552009-03-27T03:29:00.000-03:002009-03-27T03:29:00.000-03:00@trollsmyth:Yeh, girdle books are awesome and have...@trollsmyth:<BR/><BR/>Yeh, girdle books are awesome and have good character flavour to them. I wouldn't want to be the poor MU with a 24X24" book hanging from my belt, though, so some tinkering is required *grins*<BR/><BR/>I've used (and still use) a similar casting-from-spellbook (expensive! or else risked nuking extra spells as well) in my 2e games. I haven't decided yet iftaicharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213053468697534564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-9394780141055302992009-03-27T02:45:00.000-03:002009-03-27T02:45:00.000-03:00Oooo! Girdle books. I'd forgotten about those. ...Oooo! Girdle books. I'd forgotten about those. Cool idea. :D<BR/><BR/>In my college game, adding a spell to your spellbook was an expensive and complicated process. However, once it was done, the spells in your spellbook could be cast from like scrolls. This meant that if you needed a spell you hadn't memorized, you could cast it out of the book. However, doing this destroyed those pages introllsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.com