- Mages and such are researchers, so I think that finding a spell and copying it are kind of silly. Kind of like saying a poet cannot make original poems, or a chemist only has to copy information over.

- So I use spell components. Sort of. They are, as Yax has suggested, a logistical nightmare and take a lot of hte fun out of the game. So I make my players have to use a spell component only to write the original spell in their spellbook. I switch things around some, too. The side adventure may consist of looking for invisible ink to write their invisibility spells, or Red Dragon blood for fire spells.

The players seem to really enjoy this. I’m able to limit the number of spells their able to write (this vial of Invisible Ink is good for a total of ten spell levels) and it enables the players to be creative.

If anyone else wants to try this please give me some feedback.

Spell Component Pouch

A spellcaster with a spell component pouch is assumed to have all the material components and focuses needed for spellcasting, except for those components that have a specific cost, divine focuses, and focuses that wouldn’t fit in a pouch.

I’d guess that your average D&D campaign world has at least 1/4 to 1/3 of the sentient population who lives underground…. at least some of the time.

“Dwarves are inherently funny.” Say what?!? Where are you getting that from? Now if you said Kender or Tinker Gnomes… yeah, that I’d agree with… ;)