Incorrect Scroll Crafting Costs

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Nazmina
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Incorrect Scroll Crafting Costs

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Description of Bug Experienced:
Many scrolls cost an incorrect amount of gold (and xp) when crafted using scribe scrolls. Base NWN uses the default cl of wands/potions when calculating costs scribing scrolls, however many scrolls do not have the same cl once crafted.

The nwn wiki shows all the scrolls with CL's that do not match their cost, Green higher scroll cl than cost and red with higher cost than scroll cl.
https://nwn.fandom.com/wiki/Scribe_scroll

Steps to reproduce the Bug:
Craft any of the scrolls listed on the above page, for example:
Energy buffer(Innate 5) scrolls have a cl of 11
The Arelith formula for scroll crafting is caster level of the scroll × innate level × 18.75 for gold and innate level x cl for xp
and thus 5x11x18.75, but the scroll costs 1875 and 100xp, as though it had a cl of 20.

Additionally some scrolls cost less such as bless weapon which has a scroll cl of 17 innate 1.

Expected Result:
Energy buffer should cost 1031 gold(rounded down) and 55 xp

Bless weapon scrolls should cost 318 gold 17xp
Actual Result:
Energy buffer costs 1875 gold and 100 xp

Bless weapon scrolls cost 112gold and 6xp

Additional Information/Notes
This only effects the listed base nwn scrolls, all other crafted items have the correct cost including Arelith specific spell items.

Ive listed all the spells with incorrect costs here for convenience.

Animate dead
Barkskin
Blade barrier
Bless weapon
Bull's strength
Burning Hands
Call lightning
Charm monster
Charm person
Charm person or animal
Circle of death
Circle of doom
Clairaudience/clairvoyance
Cone of cold
Confusion
Control undead
Create greater undead
Cure light wounds
Cure moderate wounds
Cure serious wounds
Delayed blast fireball
Dispel magic
Doom
Eagle's splendor
Elemental shield
Energy buffer
Entangle
Ethereal visage
Evard's black tentacles
Fireball
Flame arrow
Flame lash
Flame strike
Flame weapon
Fox's cunning
Ghostly visage
Greater dispelling
Greater magic weapon
Hammer of the gods
Haste
Holy sword
Horrid wilting
Keen edge
Lesser dispel
Light
Lightning bolt
Magic missile
Melf's acid arrow
Minor globe of invulnerability
Mordenkainen's sword
Negative energy burst
Negative energy protection
Negative energy ray
Owl's wisdom
Protection from alignment
Protection from elements
Protection from spells
Resist elements
Resistance
Shapechange
Sleep
Spell resistance
Summon creature I
Ultravision
Vine mine

Nazmina
Posts: 69
Joined: Mon Oct 02, 2023 3:12 am

Re: Incorrect Scroll Crafting Costs

Post by Nazmina »

This is still the case. Any word on whether this base game bug is accepted functionality or not?

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