Paying for scrolls and then adding spells to my Wizard's spell book


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Would it be possible in PFS to pay 150.00 gold for a 2nd level scroll and then scribe it into my Wizard's spell book? My guess is that I would have to still pay the scribe cost and make a spell craft roll.

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Actually, as long as you are in a large settlement (which you are assumed to be between scenarios), you just pay an additional 50% of the scribing cost to pay for access to another wizard's spellbook. Thus for a 2nd level spell, you spent 60gp and make the DC 17 Spellcraft roll.

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The Great Rinaldo! wrote:
Actually, as long as you are in a large settlement (which you are assumed to be between scenarios), you just pay an additional 50% of the scribing cost to pay for access to another wizard's spellbook. Thus for a 2nd level spell, you spent 60gp and make the DC 17 Spellcraft roll.

O.O OMG.

Where did you find the "additional 50% of the scribing cost to pay for access to another wizard's spellbook".

P.S. to the OP, don't forget you can get 4th lvl wizard spells with 2 PP.

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in the FAQ, and or in the core rulebook for NPC spell books

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Mortifier wrote:


O.O OMG.

Where did you find the "additional 50% of the scribing cost to pay for access to another wizard's spellbook".

P.S. to the OP, don't forget you can get 4th lvl wizard spells with 2 PP.

He Did some math...

Phere is the FAQ

PFS FAQ wrote:

Can I scribe spells from another PC's spellbook into my own? What about gaining spells via scrolls found during an adventure?

Players are welcome to exchange spells with each other during an adventure. They must still follow all the normal rules as put forth in the Core Rulebook and their class descriptions (for instance, an alchemist can scribe from a wizard, but not vice-versa) and they must not bog the session down.

Similarly, scrolls found during an adventure can be used to add spells to spellbooks and similar class features (such as a witch's familiar), using the normal rules for doing so. Scrolls used in this way during an adventure do not need to be purchased, but are still consumed as normal.

With either method, the GM should sign off on the spells gained (after witnessing successful skill checks) on affected players' chronicle sheets. All other methods of gaining new spells (such as by gaining a level or purchasing access to an NPC's spellbook) function as described in the Core Rulebook and relevant class descriptions.

In the rare instance of a wizard charging a fee for the privilege of copying spells from their spellbooks, this fee is equal to half the cost to write the spell into a spellbook (see Writing a New Spell into a Spellbook). Rare and unique spells do not change the fee in PFS.

Basically the cost to copying a spell from an NPCs Spellbook is half the cost to write the spell into a spellbook, which by the way comes from the Core book pg 219. After buying access to the spell you still need to pay the cost to scribe the spell into you spellbook, so that how he comes up with "additional 50% of the scribing cost to pay for access to another wizard's spellbook".

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Dragnmoon wrote:
Mortifier wrote:


O.O OMG.

Where did you find the "additional 50% of the scribing cost to pay for access to another wizard's spellbook".

P.S. to the OP, don't forget you can get 4th lvl wizard spells with 2 PP.

He Did some math.../QUOTE]

That really sounds like a rude thing to say, especially coming from a 4 star gm.

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Specifying that the amount someone stated is the result of math instead of being a quote from the book is "rude"?

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There was no rudness meant behind that statement...

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