Spellbooks

Background

Spellbooks are so rare because they can't be copied, not without extensive study by a powerful Mage, or a class with similar Skills. Not even a high leveled mage could simply do it, as it requires a specialized class such as [Magical Scribe]. More importantly, scribing a spell is only possible for someone of an equal of higher level than the spell itself. For instance, for a Tier 4 spell, one would need to be around Level 40 or higher.

Most spellbooks found today are of a lower quality than those found hundreds of years ago aligning with the degradation of magical knowledge as a whole that is seen throughout the story. One surviving spellbook from three hundred years ago is a first edition tome of Rihal currently in the possession of Krshia Silverfang. This spellbook contains multiple lower tier spells and is significantly easier to learn from than most modern spellbooks.

Trivia

• Just one book costs several hundred gold coins, sometimes even a thousand, and that's for low-Tier spells.
• The Grand Librarium in Fissival has spellbooks that are free to access for the general populace.