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Q&A Does a Wizard automatically know how to craft scrolls from known spells?

In 5e, every wizard can copy any wizard-class spell into a new spellbook at a minimal cost in time, but preparing a spell is a much more involved activity, described in Xanathar's Guide to Everythi...

posted 2y ago by dsr‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Cereal Nommer‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar Cereal Nommer‭ · 2022-05-30T08:49:44Z (over 2 years ago)
Scribing costs in XGE range from 15 gp - 250,000 gp, not 480,000 gp.
  • In 5e, every wizard can copy any wizard-class spell into a new spellbook at a minimal cost in time, but preparing a spell is a much more involved activity, described in Xanathar's Guide to Everything on page 133.
  • Briefly, the wizard needs the Arcana skill, any material components, a cost ranging from 15 to 480,000gp, and an amount of time ranging from 1 day to 48 5-day workweeks.
  • In 5e, every wizard can copy any wizard-class spell into a new spellbook at a minimal cost in time, but preparing a spell is a much more involved activity, described in Xanathar's Guide to Everything on page 133.
  • Briefly, the wizard needs the Arcana skill, any material components, a cost ranging from 15 to 250,000 gp, and an amount of time ranging from 1 day to 48 5-day workweeks.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar dsr‭ · 2022-05-20T19:10:14Z (over 2 years ago)
In 5e, every wizard can copy any wizard-class spell into a new spellbook at a minimal cost in time, but preparing a spell is a much more involved activity, described in Xanathar's Guide to Everything on page 133.

Briefly, the wizard needs the Arcana skill, any material components, a cost ranging from 15 to 480,000gp, and an amount of time ranging from 1 day to 48 5-day workweeks.