basic20:spells:arcane
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| learn any spells from the character’s prohibited schools. | learn any spells from the character’s prohibited schools. | ||
| - | If the check succeeds, the wizard understands the spell and can copy it into the character’s spellbook (see [[#Writing a New Spell into a Spellbook]], | + | If the check succeeds, the wizard understands the spell and can copy it into |
| + | the character's spellbook (see [[#Writing a New Spell into a Spellbook]], | ||
| + | below). The process leaves a spellbook that was copied from unharmed, but a | ||
| + | spell successfully copied from a magic scroll disappears from the scroll. | ||
| - | If the check fails, the wizard cannot understand the spell and cannot attempt to learn it again, even if the character studies it from another source, until the character gains another rank in [[..: | + | If the check fails, the wizard cannot understand the spell and cannot attempt |
| + | to learn it again, even if the character studies it from another source, until | ||
| + | the character gains another rank in [[..: | ||
| + | fails, the character cannot copy the spell from another' | ||
| + | spell does not vanish from the scroll. | ||
| - | **Independent Research:** A wizard also can research a spell independently, | + | **Independent Research:** A wizard also can research a spell independently, |
| + | duplicating an existing spell or creating an entirely new one. | ||
| ===== Writing a New Spell into a Spellbook ===== | ===== Writing a New Spell into a Spellbook ===== | ||
| - | Once a wizard understands a new spell, the wizard can record it into his or her spellbook. | + | Once a wizard understands a new spell, the wizard can record it into his or |
| + | her spellbook. | ||
| - | **Time:** The process requires 1 day plus 1 additional day per spell level. Zero-level spells require 1 day. | + | **Time:** The process requires 1 day plus 1 additional day per spell level. |
| + | Zero-level spells require 1 day. | ||
| - | **Space in the Spellbook: | + | **Space in the Spellbook: |
| + | spell level. A 0-level spell takes a single page. A spellbook has 100 pages. | ||
| **Materials and Costs:** Materials for writing the spell cost 100 sp per page. | **Materials and Costs:** Materials for writing the spell cost 100 sp per page. | ||
| - | Note that a wizard does not have to pay these costs in time or gold for the spells gained for free at each new level. The wizard adds these to the wizard’s spellbook as part of the wizard’s ongoing research. | + | Note that a wizard does not have to pay these costs in time or gold for the |
| + | spells gained for free at each new level. The wizard adds these to the | ||
| + | wizard's spellbook as part of the wizard’s ongoing research. | ||
| ===== Replacing and Copying Spellbooks ===== | ===== Replacing and Copying Spellbooks ===== | ||
| - | A wizard can use the procedure for learning a spell to reconstruct a lost spellbook. If the character already has a particular spell prepared, the character can write it directly into a new book at a cost of 100 sp per page (as noted in [[#Writing a New Spell into a Spellbook]]). The process wipes the prepared spell from the character’s mind, just as casting it would. If the character does not have the spell prepared, the character can prepare it from a borrowed spellbook and then write it into a new book. | + | A wizard can use the procedure for learning a spell to reconstruct a lost |
| + | spellbook. If the character already has a particular spell prepared, the | ||
| + | character can write it directly into a new book at a cost of 100 sp per page | ||
| + | (as noted in [[#Writing a New Spell into a Spellbook]]). The process wipes the | ||
| + | prepared spell from the character's mind, just as casting it would. If the | ||
| + | character does not have the spell prepared, the character can prepare it from | ||
| + | a borrowed spellbook and then write it into a new book. | ||
| - | Duplicating an existing spellbook uses the same procedure as replacing it, except that the time requirement and cost per page are halved. | + | Duplicating an existing spellbook uses the same procedure as replacing it, |
| + | except that the time requirement and cost per page are halved. | ||
| - | ===== Arcane | + | ===== Spellcasters Who Are Not Wizards ===== |
| - | Some arcane | + | Some spellcasters do not have spellbooks and do not prepare spells. Such a |
| + | character' | ||
| - | **Daily Readying of Spells:** Each day these characters need 8 hours of rest (just like a wizard), after which they spend 15 minutes | + | **Daily Readying of Spells:** Each day these characters need 8 hours of rest |
| + | (just like a wizard), after which they spend 15 minutes concentrating. Without | ||
| + | such a period of rest the character does not regain the spell slots used up | ||
| + | the day before. | ||
| - | **Recent Casting Limit:** As with wizards, any spells cast within the last 8 hours count against the character' | + | **Recent Casting Limit:** As with wizards, any spells cast within the last 8 |
| + | hours count against the character' | ||
| - | **Adding Spells to a Sorcerer' | + | **Adding Spells to a Sorcerer' |
| + | prepare spells like wizards gain new spells each time they attain new | ||
| + | experience levels and never gain spells any other way. | ||
| ===== 0th Level ===== | ===== 0th Level ===== | ||
basic20/spells/arcane.txt · Last modified: 2014/06/02 00:27 by cedwards