DarkLightHitomi:
The free spells a wizard gets is presumed to be self-study and development according to the book, not tutoring.
Regardless, the monetary cost isn't there for fluff, it is there for mechanical balancing, you know, the Ironman Principal. The cost exists so the wizard has to spend cash on using class features just like a fighter or rogue does.
Honestly did you actually read what I wrote?...
I wasn't arguing how a wizard learns his free spells, that really holds no baring on what I said. According to the mechanics of the game each page of a spell costs 100gp to write (or to make in the case of alternate things replacing the book), furthermore, each spell must take up a minimum of one page. So your starting spell book would cost a minimum of 2115gp to make assuming you don't add read magic since all wizards have it memorized, you aren't using extra books that increase the number of level-0 spells, and gain no bonus spells. Furthermore, it would be a minimum cost of 200gp for your new spells each level to write them into your spell book. The creators of the game pulled these costs out because otherwise no character below level 3 could become a wizard with the starting gold of a level 1 character and would struggle there after for a decent amount of time each level because all their money goes right into their spell book. End of story.
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Also, there is nothing that says a sorcerer automatically knows their spells.
seriously, really? there is nothing? have you read the players handbook before?
I know you claim it is all fluff and that is true if you are playing your classless whatevers but that simply isn't at all true for d&d 3.5. The spells they gain are called 'spells known'. The first line of sorcerer description in the phb is to the effect of they automatically know all there spells without having to spend time learning them. Whether or not you want to keep that in your specific campaign is up to you but the class was literally built around the idea of innate magic, which is also why they struggle with metamagic.
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Also, a wizard does not read a spellbook to remind herself how to cast the spells, but rather spell preparation is casting the spell ahead of time, then completing the effect later, just like spell completion items. That is why wizards do not spend extra time casting metamagic feat altered spells, because the spells are already "assembled" and casting consists of just the final items, such as selecting target.
Again you leave me questioning whether you have in fact read the Players handbook.
Yes wizards prepare/assemble their spells ahead of time and cast them to a certain extent so they don't spend as much time casting in the field. However, a very important part of that spell prep/assembly is reading the spell. They clearly state read magic and any spells you have associated with mastery are the only spells you can cast without a spell book; and why is that? Because they literally have to reread the spell each time they wish to prepare it because they don't have it memorized. The book clearly states this, heck the srd clearly states this.