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====Space in the Spellbook==== | ====Space in the Spellbook==== | ||
A spell takes up one page of the spellbook per two spell levels, round down, minimum 1 page. Even a 0-level spell (cantrip) takes one page. Thus, spells from levels 0 to 3rd require one page, 4th and 5th require two pages, 6th and 7th requires three pages, 8th and 9th require four pages, 10th and 11th require five pages, 12th and 13th require six pages, 14th and 15th require seven pages, and 16th and 17th require eight pages each. | A spell takes up one page of the spellbook per two spell levels, round down, minimum 1 page. Even a 0-level spell (cantrip) takes one page. Thus, spells from levels 0 to 3rd require one page, 4th and 5th require two pages, 6th and 7th requires three pages, 8th and 9th require four pages, 10th and 11th require five pages, 12th and 13th require six pages, 14th and 15th require seven pages, and 16th and 17th require eight pages each. | ||
Inscribing a True Dweomer in a spellbook is a MUCH more involved process. Such magics require a minimum of ten pages, plus an additional page per level of the True Dweomer. Thus, a level 10th True Dweomer requires 20 pages, level 11th requires 21 pages, 12th requires 22 pages, 13th requires 23 pages, and 14th requires 24 pages. A standard spellbook can contain a mix of spells and True Dweomers, and frugal Wizards are known to start a book with a selection of cantrips, and then lard the remainder of the pages with True Dweomers, just to squeeze arcane knowledge onto every single page. | |||
A standard spellbook has one hundred pages and weighs five pounds. At low levels, a tyro wizardling can easily fit everything they know into a single book, weighing five pounds, that they carry about like an anxious little nerd. At much higher levels, a Mythic Class Magus in their 30+ levels can have dozens of spellbooks, requiring a Ghostroom or a Demiplane to store their portable library. Such a vast reserve of world-shaking arcane knowledge can take weeks to make a copy of, and a wise Wizard always has at least a couple of copies of their arcane knowledge hidden away in various places. | A standard spellbook has one hundred pages and weighs five pounds. At low levels, a tyro wizardling can easily fit everything they know into a single book, weighing five pounds, that they carry about like an anxious little nerd. At much higher levels, a Mythic Class Magus in their 30+ levels can have dozens of spellbooks, requiring a Ghostroom or a Demiplane to store their portable library. Such a vast reserve of world-shaking arcane knowledge can take weeks to make a copy of, and a wise Wizard always has at least a couple of copies of their arcane knowledge hidden away in various places. | ||