Experience for Scribing Spells in BG:EE
LadyRhian
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I would like to request increasing the amount of experience from scribing spells in Baldur's Gate:EE. Currently, it gives you 10 exp per spell level, which is really negligible, whereas in BG2, it gives 1000 exp per spell level, a 100x increase. I would like for scribing spells in BG:EE to be worth 100 exp per spell level, as I feel 10 exp is kind of insulting. Either that, or do away with the experience in both games, as finding and learning a new spell should be exciting for mage characters in and of itself. But if the experience is supposed to measure an increase in some knowledge/wisdom, then it really should be more than a mere 10 per level.
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Completing an encounter together is one thing, they all contributed in some way, but learning a spell or picking lock/disarming a trap has nothing to do with the other party members.
And give thieves a personal flat 200 xp per lock/trap.
Edit: In detail here:
Charlevel 1: Scribing earns 25 XP
Charlevel 2: Scribing earns 25 XP, Scribe cap for Spells of level 1
(Higher character level won't increase the XP gained for scribing spells of that level)
Charlevel 3: Scribing earns 50 XP for spells of level 2+
Charlevel 4: Scribing earns 100 XP for spells of level 2+, Scribe cap for spells of level 2
(Higher character level won't increase the XP gained for scribing spells of that level)
Charlevel 5: Scribing earns 200 XP for spells of level 3+
Charlevel 6: Scribing earns 200 XP for spells of level 3+, Scribe cap for spells of level 3
(Higher character level won't increase the XP gained for scribing spells of that level)
Charlevel 7: Scribing earns 300 XP for spells of level 4+
Charlevel 8: Scribing earns 450 XP for spells of level 4+, Scribe cap for spells of level 4
(Higher character level won't increase the XP gained for scribing spells of that level)
Charlevel 9: Scribing earns 1150 XP for spells of level 5+
Charlevel 10: Scribing earns 1250 XP for spells of level 5+, Scribe cap for spells of level 5
(Higher character level won't increase the XP gained for scribing spells of that level)
Spells of level 6 and higher should earn 3750 XP
Spell lvl - xp
lvl 1 - 100xp
lvl 2 - 200xp
lvl 3 - 400xp
lvl 4 - 800xp
lvl 5 - 1600xp
lvl 6 - 3200xp
lvl 7 - 6400xp
lvl 8 - 12800xp
lvl 9 - 25600xp
Perhaps too much xp. 9 is 3 squared so perhaps this may be more intuitive...
Spell lvl - xp
lvl 1 - 300xp
lvl 2 - 600xp
lvl 3 - 900xp
lvl 4 - 1200xp
lvl 5 - 1500xp
lvl 6 - 1800xp
lvl 7 - 2100xp
lvl 8 - 2400xp
lvl 9 - 2700xp
No... Still too much xp early on so... last try... starting with 50 multiplying by 3 to level 5 then reverting to timesing the level by 3 level 5 onwards.
Spell lvl - xp
lvl 1 - 50xp
lvl 2 - 150xp
lvl 3 - 450xp
lvl 4 - 1350xp
lvl 5 - 1500xp
lvl 6 - 1800xp
lvl 7 - 2100xp
lvl 8 - 2400xp
lvl 9 - 2700xp
Now that works!
I like the 100 xp for level 1 scrolls. I can see how the xp applies to party members, as a good team involves every member in the party discussions for strategy. If the mage of the party learns a new trick eg: fireball, he most likely informs the party when/how they should avoid getting blown to bits.
Same way if a rogue disables a trap, she can warn the party what to pay attention to, since there are likely more of similar devices around.
I : 100
II : 200
III : 400
IV : 800
...
this seems best.
I would agree with LadyRhian's suggestion if the XP rewarded for writing any given spell is rewarded only for scribing it the first time.