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VGLordR2
2012-04-11, 12:46 PM
The exact wording of the feat Scribe Scroll is as follows:

Scribe Scroll [Item Creation]
Prerequisite

Caster level 1st.
Benefit

You can create a scroll of any spell that you know. Scribing a scroll takes one day for each 1,000 gp in its base price. The base price of a scroll is its spell level × its caster level × 25 gp. To scribe a scroll, you must spend 1/25 of this base price in XP and use up raw materials costing one-half of this base price.

Any scroll that stores a spell with a costly material component or an XP cost also carries a commensurate cost. In addition to the costs derived from the base price, you must expend the material component or pay the XP when scribing the scroll.

So, let's say you are a level one caster, and you decide to make a level 0 (Cantrip) Scroll. The base price is 0x25x1, or 0 gp. The XP cost would be 0/25, or zero XP. You need 0/2 gp of materials to scribe the scroll. And the time would be 0/1000, or 0 days. Based on the feat description, one could instantly Scribe nigh-infinite level 0 Scrolls, with no material, XP, time, or gold cost. Am I completely missing something, or does this actually work?

Toliudar
2012-04-11, 12:50 PM
0 level spells count as 1/2 level, not 0. (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/creatingMagicItems.htm#zeroLevelSpells) Round up.

VGLordR2
2012-04-11, 12:53 PM
Ah, thank you. I thought something was wrong, but I had no idea what.

nedz
2012-04-11, 12:54 PM
Sorry doesn't work.
Level 0 spells are factored as level 1/2

Damm, thought I'd be ninja'd :smallbiggrin: