The real cost in losing spellbooks, whether to damage or theft, is in finding the means to have any reference for the spells being replaced. However, a case could be made that replacements - having to start from scratch, without references - should cost twice as much, or three times if the DM prefers it (though I would argue against it).

Replacement costs: At a minimum, replacing a spellbook should cost as much as the initial scribing of the book the MU is, after all, performing the same work again. Ink for imbuing the spell formula may be infused with myrrh and rosewood ashes, or distilled from cinnabar and dragon's blood, or glittering with miniscule flecks of purified jade and gold. Ritual materials, exotic quills or ink-pens and most of all the ink needed for such an endeavour can easily eat up a MU's gold.

(If a little randomness is desired, make it, oh, 6d10+50gp.)Ĭampaign-based rationale for this price can be easily made by considering the materials used. This works nicely, to my mind expensive enough to keep rampant scribing in check, not so expensive as to completely bankrupt the MU given the rates of treasure acquisition. Scribing costs: A widely-used (from 1e to 3.x) and fairly reasonable standard scribing-price for a spell is 100gp per spell level to be scribed. Luckily, there are many examples to borrow inspiration from - and a useful extenuating circumstance. Especially when first scribing the books costs the character nothing at all.Ī little tinkering, says I, is required. I'm all for paying for what you need to replace - but gouging that much cash from a hapless MU who will be defenseless without the spellbook(s) seems a little much. It is very annoying to me how, in the BEMCI ruleset (and Labyrinth Lord for that matter), there is no cost for adding spells into a spellbook and yet replacing lost or destroyed books costs a veritable fortune, to the tune of 1000gp per spell level. Underfolk have infravision, and function at a -2 penalty to all rolls when in sunlight or strong magical light. One in twenty underfolk is a swarmleader with 1-1 HD. If the swarm believes it can overpower a target, they will cling and hang on after a successful attack, biting automatically with mandible-like jaws for one hit point per round until removed. When pressed, underfolk will attack with their claws for 1-3 hit points of damage. Underfolk are not intrinsically hostile, but their endless tunnelling and taste for metals and gems - as food - causes dwarves and their ilk to regard them as vermin and worse. They are round-bodied and hunched, with spindly yet strong limbs and broad glittering claws for digging they possess a pair of insectile antennae, huge orb-like black eyes and a protective carapace like that of a scarab in darkly iridescent hues. With chalk-white flesh, more more than 1 1/2' tall, underfolk are strange little humanoids.

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