Larian Studios Forums Divine Divinity (English) Help/Tips/Tricks Buying Spell Books

I have seen comments that we can buy spell books from certain merchants, but I never see a spell book in their inventory when I open their shop.

Is there a trick to get the merchants to show spell books?

Thanks.

The best merchants I found for spell books were Kistandalius or (less often) Blake in Ars Magicana and Corinna or (less often) Mpenzak in Verdistis. There is a small chance any NPC (or bookcase) will have a spell book.

If you quick save before running your mouse over an item/chest/merchant or hitting the alt key, you can identify the item or trade with the merchant, then quick load to get different stats or inventory. This can be done repeatedly to get the best stats or specific bonuses on an item (save after finding good candidates) or looking for specific items (such as spell books or charms) from merchants. Don't waste too much time with this, though, it really isn't necessary to get the best possible equipment.

Free skills, and spell books you can buy

There have been a couple of Spell Books that I have found that are useless for some reason. One is called 'Sparks', although it has the same picture as 'Elemental Something or other'(I can't remember the name, sorry), and the other is called 'Heaven's Something or other', but it gave me a level in Magical Might(is that what it is?).

Also, a couple of times I got an Elemental Hail book, but when I clicked on it I was given Hell Spikes instead.

Anyone know why some of the spell books are screwy?

There are a couple different spell books that can teach either of a pair of spells. I don't know if that was deliberate, or not.

spellbook heaven's blessing doesn't work / / How to recognize spell book ?.

Thanks Raze. At least I know it wasn't just me that found those books. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />