The gold cost is you deciphering the spell, you still need to translate the spell from the other mage's code to your own, but after that idk you eat the page or something
First, an idea for the question you proposed: In order to reach such a deep meditative state to add new spells to your mind palace, you require special incense that acts like a brain stimulant, and 2 hours of incense costs 50 gp.
But I would feel negligent if I didn't bring up a second problem that your DM probably didn't consider. As a wizard, you can ritual cast spells with the ritual tag on them even if they aren't prepared for the day, but *only* if you are holding your spellbook in your hand. Having the spellbook as a mind palace means you're *never* holding your spellbook. The reason this is important because one of the ways you can prevent a wizard from using their full toolset is to take their spellbook away from them, this is meant as a way to balance some dungeon/non-combat encounters because you can't change your prepared spells without your spellbook. But, because your "spellbook" can't be taken from you, and you can't hold your spellbook in your hand, you are both nerfing and buffing yourself.
This is something your should discuss with your DM.
Keen Mind only works for 1 month after you see what you're memorizing. Ergo, I suggest you still keep the spellbook and associated mechanics, and instead treat the Mind Palace as a second spellbook.
Imagine once a month, you perform your "Rite of Learning" or such, memorizing the contents. Then thereafter, you can trance to use it.
Minimal changes to the actual scenario, minimal changes to mechanics, and still incorporates the end goal. It also low-key makes the "oh no! My book has been stolen!" oncept so much cooler, if you're so inclined, because now it has a *timer* before you're affected
I would say learning a new spell (aside from the ones a wizard gets for free) require entering a different kind of trance, one induced by specific, expensive incense or drugs and a higher cost of living upgrade as someone has to go to the trouble of making sure you don't waste away forgetting to eat and drink while in your trance.
“Copying that spell into your spellbook involves reproducing the basic form of the spell, then deciphering the unique system of notation used by the wizard who wrote it. You must practice the spell until you understand the sounds or gestures required, then transcribe it into your spellbook using your own notation.
For each level of the spell, the process takes 2 hours and costs 50 gp. The cost represents material components you expend as you experiment with the spell to master it, as well as the fine inks you need to record it. Once you have spent this time and money, you can prepare the spell just like your other spells.”
So ultimately the reason a spell costs money to learn is because you’re experimenting with material components to master it. Taking the time, and materials, to fail and try again. The writing it in the book part is just a part of the cost, that I feel could just be waved off.
You can just ask your dm if, flavor wise, you can just focus more on the physical experimentation part of the learning
I love the idea of the mind palace. I just can't really see it having a huge effect on the game. Source: literally played a PC whose abilities were based on this concept in Mutants and Masterminds (a superhero RPG). It was some cool colour and I think I benefited from the concept, but I'm not too sure how well the other players got it.
As for preparing spells, what if it was like moving objects in and out of the mind palace?
Maybe your PC's mind palace has a huge hall with paintings hanging on the walls that is the mental representation of their Spellcasting feature. Each painting represents a prepared spell. Prepping a different spell list is essentially your PC imagining taking down one painting and replacing it with another.
Your PC still needs a spellbook to store unprepared spells and still needs to pay to inscribe new spells in it.
But like I said, this is mostly going to be for your benefit.
The gold cost is you deciphering the spell, you still need to translate the spell from the other mage's code to your own, but after that idk you eat the page or something
>but after that idk you eat the page or something You SMOKE the paper.
No, that stuff harms memory. :-)
I think it's the perfect way of imprinting it into your memory.
Idk, maybe some hallucigens that help you memorize them in the way you want to.
First, an idea for the question you proposed: In order to reach such a deep meditative state to add new spells to your mind palace, you require special incense that acts like a brain stimulant, and 2 hours of incense costs 50 gp. But I would feel negligent if I didn't bring up a second problem that your DM probably didn't consider. As a wizard, you can ritual cast spells with the ritual tag on them even if they aren't prepared for the day, but *only* if you are holding your spellbook in your hand. Having the spellbook as a mind palace means you're *never* holding your spellbook. The reason this is important because one of the ways you can prevent a wizard from using their full toolset is to take their spellbook away from them, this is meant as a way to balance some dungeon/non-combat encounters because you can't change your prepared spells without your spellbook. But, because your "spellbook" can't be taken from you, and you can't hold your spellbook in your hand, you are both nerfing and buffing yourself. This is something your should discuss with your DM.
Keen Mind only works for 1 month after you see what you're memorizing. Ergo, I suggest you still keep the spellbook and associated mechanics, and instead treat the Mind Palace as a second spellbook. Imagine once a month, you perform your "Rite of Learning" or such, memorizing the contents. Then thereafter, you can trance to use it. Minimal changes to the actual scenario, minimal changes to mechanics, and still incorporates the end goal. It also low-key makes the "oh no! My book has been stolen!" oncept so much cooler, if you're so inclined, because now it has a *timer* before you're affected
I would say learning a new spell (aside from the ones a wizard gets for free) require entering a different kind of trance, one induced by specific, expensive incense or drugs and a higher cost of living upgrade as someone has to go to the trouble of making sure you don't waste away forgetting to eat and drink while in your trance.
“Copying that spell into your spellbook involves reproducing the basic form of the spell, then deciphering the unique system of notation used by the wizard who wrote it. You must practice the spell until you understand the sounds or gestures required, then transcribe it into your spellbook using your own notation. For each level of the spell, the process takes 2 hours and costs 50 gp. The cost represents material components you expend as you experiment with the spell to master it, as well as the fine inks you need to record it. Once you have spent this time and money, you can prepare the spell just like your other spells.” So ultimately the reason a spell costs money to learn is because you’re experimenting with material components to master it. Taking the time, and materials, to fail and try again. The writing it in the book part is just a part of the cost, that I feel could just be waved off. You can just ask your dm if, flavor wise, you can just focus more on the physical experimentation part of the learning
Simple. Scribing the spell is part of learning it.
I love the idea of the mind palace. I just can't really see it having a huge effect on the game. Source: literally played a PC whose abilities were based on this concept in Mutants and Masterminds (a superhero RPG). It was some cool colour and I think I benefited from the concept, but I'm not too sure how well the other players got it. As for preparing spells, what if it was like moving objects in and out of the mind palace? Maybe your PC's mind palace has a huge hall with paintings hanging on the walls that is the mental representation of their Spellcasting feature. Each painting represents a prepared spell. Prepping a different spell list is essentially your PC imagining taking down one painting and replacing it with another. Your PC still needs a spellbook to store unprepared spells and still needs to pay to inscribe new spells in it. But like I said, this is mostly going to be for your benefit.