Wizard spellbook: Is this right?

[Iceheart2112]

So I'm leveling up my wizard and I have some gold to play around with. Wanting to load up my spellbook I made a list of all the 1st level spells I wanted. It came out to be 24 spells. The cost is 10gp for writing costs and 5gp for the fee to borrow a spellbook. It takes 1 hour of study then the Spellcraft check. Assuming that I pass all the checks I spend 360gp (24gp X (10+5)) and it will take me 3 days (8 hours per day).

[Doc_Maynot]

The cost is 100gp per page, and it's one page per spell level. The fee is 50 per spell level.

So 150*Spell level
That'd make it 24*150
Which is 3,600 gp

And as each spell takes 24 hours regardless of level, it'd take you 24 days.

Source: SRD (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicOverview/arcaneSpells.htm#writingaNewSpellintoaSpellbook)

[Jeraa]

The cost is 100gp per page, and it's one page per spell level. The fee is 50 per spell level.

So 150*Spell level
That'd make it 24*150
Which is 3,600 gp

And as each spell takes 24 hours regardless of level, it'd take you 24 days.

Source: SRD (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicOverview/arcaneSpells.htm#writingaNewSpellintoaSpellbook)

In Pathfinder, a 1st level spell is only 10 gp to write into the book and it takes 1 hour per spell level. So I am assuming the OP meant this as a Pathfinder question.


So I'm leveling up my wizard and I have some gold to play around with. Wanting to load up my spellbook I made a list of all the 1st level spells I wanted. It came out to be 24 spells. The cost is 10gp for writing costs and 5gp for the fee to borrow a spellbook. It takes 1 hour of study then the Spellcraft check. Assuming that I pass all the checks I spend 360gp (24gp X (10+5)) and it will take me 3 days (8 hours per day).

Assuming this is a Pathfinder question, then yes. If this is a 3.5 question, then it would take 2,400gp (not including the cost to borrow the spellbook, which is equal to 50gp per spell level, or a total of 1,200gp for the 24 1st level spells) and 24 days.

[Doc_Maynot]

Oh, sorry. I didn't know pathfinder was any different and I assumed 3.5 when there was no tag.

[Iceheart2112]

Yes it was pathfinder and I totally forgot to mention that in the OP. Thanks for the help!

[ryu]

Yes it was pathfinder and I totally forgot to mention that in the OP. Thanks for the help!

Also have you considered price mitigation in the form of spell bartering? Letting the other guy copy spells in your book with an impartial guard while you both work to lower the asking price on copying his spells?

[Jeraa]

You should note that gaining spells in this way does require your DMs approval. There is no guarantee you can find a wizard that just happens to have all of the spells you want, and is willing to take time to let you copy them.