Scribe Scroll: Wrong prices

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Scribe Scroll: Wrong prices

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Description of Bug Experienced:
According to the wiki, Scribe Scroll follows the formula of Caster Level (of the scroll) x Innate Level (of the spell) x 18.75, rounded down. The formula is being followed with some, perhaps most, spells, but not all.

Bulls Strength, for example, is expected to cost 112 GP, but instead it costs 562 GP. I haven't tested all the zoo spells, as my level 9 character simply doesn't have enough gold to do so, but I expect the results are similar with those.
Create Undead should cost 1237 GP, but instead it costs 1800 GP.


Steps to reproduce the Bug:
Have the Scribe Scroll feat.
Obtain Blank Scrolls.
Cast Bull's Strength or Create Undead or a number of other spells on Blank Scroll, with money in your inventory.

Expected Result:
Scroll cost respects the Arelith formula.
Should charge 112 GP for zoo spells, and 1237 GP for Create Undead.

Actual Result:
Scroll cost is entirely wrong, overcharging for some of the spell scrolls.
Charges 562 GP for zoo spells, and 1800 GP for Create Undead.

Screenshot(s)
I didn't manage to screenshot it in the game, so instead I'll provide screenshot of my log.

Create Undead:
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Bull's Strength:
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Rest of the Zoo Spells:
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Additional Information/Notes
This was done on a Cleric, level 9, with the Healer Path, and the Undeath and Trickery domains. It happened on the Distant Shores server.


EDIT: After extensive testing I can now confirm that all Zoo spells are affected by the obnoxiously high prices for scribing them. See added screenshot above.
Last edited by MissEvelyn on Sun Dec 19, 2021 3:45 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Scribe Scroll: Wrong prices

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MissEvelyn wrote: Sun Dec 19, 2021 1:17 am Description of Bug Experienced:
According to the wiki, Scribe Scroll follows the formula of Caster Level (of the scroll) x Innate Level (of the spell) x 18.75, rounded down. The formula is being followed with some, perhaps most, spells, but not all.
What are the stats of the resulting scroll? They're not necessarily the same as the shop/drop scrolls.
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Void wrote: Sun Dec 19, 2021 1:31 am
MissEvelyn wrote: Sun Dec 19, 2021 1:17 am Description of Bug Experienced:
According to the wiki, Scribe Scroll follows the formula of Caster Level (of the scroll) x Innate Level (of the spell) x 18.75, rounded down. The formula is being followed with some, perhaps most, spells, but not all.
What are the stats of the resulting scroll? They're not necessarily the same as the shop/drop scrolls.
The stated stats in my report are the resulting scrolls.

The zoo scrolls come out with a caster level of 3, same as the ones you can buy from vendors.
Create Undead comes out with a caster level of 11, which again, should result in a cost of 1237 GP, not 1800 GP, if it actually followed the Arelith formula.
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Re: Scribe Scroll: Wrong prices

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Not trying to be dumb but did it create say.. five bulls scrolls instead of just one? There was that new update lately that makes it work like potions do.
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Re: Scribe Scroll: Wrong prices

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MissEvelyn wrote: Sun Dec 19, 2021 1:43 am
Void wrote: Sun Dec 19, 2021 1:31 am
MissEvelyn wrote: Sun Dec 19, 2021 1:17 am Description of Bug Experienced:
According to the wiki, Scribe Scroll follows the formula of Caster Level (of the scroll) x Innate Level (of the spell) x 18.75, rounded down. The formula is being followed with some, perhaps most, spells, but not all.
What are the stats of the resulting scroll? They're not necessarily the same as the shop/drop scrolls.
The stated stats in my report are the resulting scrolls.

The zoo scrolls come out with a caster level of 3, same as the ones you can buy from vendors.
Create Undead comes out with a caster level of 11, which again, should result in a cost of 1237 GP, not 1800 GP, if it actually followed the Arelith formula.
Interesting. Last time I was making zoo spells and wands, the result was created as if Caster Level * Innate Level was 30.
For example Bull's Strength wand was 3960gp, 240xp, and
Bull strength POTION was 460gp, 60 xp per one potion.

Your numbers are consistent with that.
Bull's strength scroll would cost 562 gp and 30xp if "Caster X Innate" was 30.

The thing is, Bull strength potion would also produce a potion with CL15, meaning it would last 15 minutes. However, such potions would also be unusable in recipes.

And yeah, I also thought about casting them onto stacks...
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Definately Not A Mimic wrote: Sun Dec 19, 2021 2:11 am Not trying to be dumb but did it create say.. five bulls scrolls instead of just one? There was that new update lately that makes it work like potions do.
That would have been really good, but no, it just output one. I think the update only works for Loremasters? I could be wrong about that.
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You have to be:
An epic caster
Targetting a stack of scrolls, not just 1.
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Re: Scribe Scroll: Wrong prices

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I have now tested it with all the Zoo spells to ensure that they were all affected. They are, and the screenshot of my combat log is attached in the original post.
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