Witch - Cost to learn new spell, familiar to familiar

[bobsayshi]

Is there any guideline on cost for acquiring new spells by learning between witches?

ie, go to a huge town and find a coven or some other group. Provided you don't immediately hate each other, what sort of price figuring is there to have familiar's swap spells?

1hr/level so back and forth is 2hrs/level for each to learn an equal spell. Or if you don't have anything they want its just 1hr/level.

... i mean provided the other witch doesn't need his familiar for a few hours in town, its only time lost.

Any idea on a rule or guideline for a cost - I've found nothing so far. The closest I've come up with is the cost to make a scroll, but that doesn't fit the expenses and time being traded here.

ideas?

[Samasboy1]

Well, there is no cost for learning the spell, at least no in the same way a Wizard must pay to scribe spells into their spell book.

The Arcane magic section states "In most cases, wizards charge a fee for the privilege of copying spells from their spellbooks. This fee is usually equal to half the cost to write the spell into a spellbook. Rare and unique spells might cost significantly more."

The cost of scribing is
0 5 gp
1 10 gp
2 40 gp
3 90 gp
4 160 gp
5 250 gp
6 360 gp
7 490 gp
8 640 gp
9 810 gp

So normally, a witch expects an equal level spell in return for sharing one (no cost, equal trade).

If the PC doesn't have a spell the other witch wants, you could use the Wizard rule for gaining access to others' spellbooks for a guide.

Note, this is significantly cheaper than buying a scroll, or even the cost to make a scroll.

Of course, you always have the option that the NPC witch requires a service in exchange (gather a rare spell component, deliver a potion, etc).

[bobsayshi]

Thanks for the ideas, i'll throw it by my DM and see what options i can come up with.