Having crafted thousands of spellbooks with an exceptional bonus and without, I am one of the many scribes that will tell you that "exceptional" has no effect on mods/intensities chance or super slayer chance. It is influenced solely by magery skill. But before you run out and spend 18 mil on a +20 magery powerscroll, note that the difference between 110 magery and 120 magery for inscription purposes is insignificant. Most scribes I've talked to don't notice a difference. I've never noticed a difference between 110 and 115.
Inscription skill and Inscription bonus only affect your chances of successfully creating the spellbook. So in other words, three checks are made for each spellbook:
1. Whether the attempt to make the spellbook is a success (affected by inscription skill and inscription bonus talisman)
2. What mods will the spellbook have and at what intensities (affected by magery skill.)
3. Whether the spellbook is labeled "exceptional" and can thus also say "Crafted by Yourname" if you so choose (affected by inscription skill and inscription exceptional bonus talisman.)
So if this is the case, then Inscription bonus is the only thing you should really be interested in, because with it you can craft spellbooks faster with fewer fails, and fewer scrolls burned from those fails. Having a spellbook labeled as "exceptional" will not affect the book's abilities or value.
The talismans do not need to be charged or activated for the crafting bonuses other than by equipping it on your paperdoll. The max bonuses you can get are 30% bonus & 30% exceptional bonus.
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So it is a good idea to have the highest you can in magery skills before scribing. You also should use a talisman just to bump up your exceptional chance.
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I have a talisman that is Inscription exceptional bonus 20%, Inscription bonus 15%, Ice Slayer. I've seen talismans with charges, do I need to charge this one, and if/when I do how do I use the charges during scribing?
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