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Advice on scribe scroll vs. craft wand and new BG spells
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 7:46 pm
by Egg Shen
So, for clerics, is there anything beyond level 4 spells that are critical for scribing? Things that people will pay for or use regularly? Or even level 4 or less spells that work better with a max caster level (15 in this case)?
How about for druids?
This doesn't only have to revolve around the new spells, either. Any spells that you think are must have spells that just don't work well on wands for whatever reason?
Re: Advice on scribe scroll vs. craft wand and new BG spells
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 7:55 pm
by chad878262
Money wise you'll make more with craft wands. Most good spells cam be purchased cheaper than you can scribe them at npc vendors.
Re: Advice on scribe scroll vs. craft wand and new BG spells
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 8:00 pm
by Sun Wukong
Unfortunately divine casters have no reason to scribe scrolls. Scrolls tend to cost thousands to craft, and not do all that much. I just calculated that it would cost about 332,000 to kill some Balor with scrolls of Polar Ray.
As for Druid, Craft Wand for Flame Weapon wands is pretty much the whole deal they got, and the market for those has shrunk since we have so many PRCs that give acid and fire damage, not to mention how often the consignment store has some weapon with fire or acid damage on it for sale.
Clerics with strength domain or Master Alchemist mind find some success bottling Divine Power. I would imagine many Rogues and Arcane Gishes would be willing to buy at least a stack of them for PvP or bosses... But those can still be deemed a bit too pricey.
Re: Advice on scribe scroll vs. craft wand and new BG spells
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 12:52 am
by Tsidkenu
My now-retired Mystran cleric had some success selling scrolls of Divine Favor CL 9 (for +3/+3) and a few bards asked me for Divine Power (to be used in conjunction with Legionaire's March), and frequently had requests for scrolls of Mass Heal which were beyond her 7th level spell cap. I was surprised I never got requests for Regeneration & Greater Restoration, and only rarely for Resurrection. I did make a mediocre trade of Energy Immunity scrolls as well, since their duration is always 24hr irregardless of CL (dispels notwithstanding).
Popular divine wands were the usual suspects: Death Ward, Freedom, Least Spell Mantle & Restoration and, because Aeili had the Knowledge domain, she could actually make wands of True Seeing. They were expensive (50k+) and not many people would buy them, unfortunately.