Samloyal23
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Magical Communication Item?
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My players found a bag of 12 identical rings each inscribed with a single number.
A player with one ring can send a short message to the wearer of another ring as a free action consisting of 10 wors or less. The message is sent via telepathy.
Best way to get everyone together, or call for help.
A player with one ring can send a short message to the wearer of another ring as a free action consisting of 10 wors or less. The message is sent via telepathy.
Best way to get everyone together, or call for help.
RUMBLETiGER
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Since the RP fluff behind this item is a Wizard student corresponding with a Wizard teacher, I'm looking to do something that involves writing on paper. It strikes me as more "Wizardy" and "Studenty".
But thank you all for the ideas!
But thank you all for the ideas!
Samloyal23
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I can totally see a wizard giving a lecture in front of his magic mirror to a bunch of students in another location then reading the students' test papers when their answers magically appear inside his Tome of Testing...
RUMBLETiGER
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Oh... using both to replicate online schooling! Yeah, I can see that.
Now, I'm designing this to be a PC in someone else's game in some unknown future so of course everything is subject to DM approval. With that said, I think I'll start my level 1 Wizard off with the parchment, as he levels up, I'll try to acquire a magical mirror when it would be appropriate for his wealth-by-level.
RUMBLETiGER
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yeah, I wanted to incorporate the Erase spell into the magical parchment to save my level 1 Wizard a spell per day he'd need to have prepared, but I may leave it out of the magical creation to save money. I'm trying not to have a too overpriced item starting out.Make it so the book's pages can only be Erased (as the spell), and this seems to be a pretty effective method of communication (of nonmagical text).
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Samloyal23
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He can start as an intern, tutoring apprentices, and work his way up to a Doctor of Wizardry. By the time he can cast a level 4 spell he'll be able to create Wondrous Items...
Delay in response
Sending is a 5th level spell that allows 25 words to be exchanged, possibly extraplanar.
Message allows a conversation to occur for a fair amount of time, and it's 0 level.
Hm. To make it more interesting, I like the idea of paired sheets. What's written on one appears on the other. Typically two sheets are created and each person uses one side, flipping back and forth to read responses and compose replies. There should also be a delay. This would make the element of surprise in attacks nearly impossible, since a cheap system alerts it. I would add a delay between writing on one and seeing the message on the other. Higher level castings, far more expensive, can make it more interactive.
Or sheets could be one-use items for a warning system or espionage.
Sending is a 5th level spell that allows 25 words to be exchanged, possibly extraplanar.
Message allows a conversation to occur for a fair amount of time, and it's 0 level.
Hm. To make it more interesting, I like the idea of paired sheets. What's written on one appears on the other. Typically two sheets are created and each person uses one side, flipping back and forth to read responses and compose replies. There should also be a delay. This would make the element of surprise in attacks nearly impossible, since a cheap system alerts it. I would add a delay between writing on one and seeing the message on the other. Higher level castings, far more expensive, can make it more interactive.
Or sheets could be one-use items for a warning system or espionage.
jefgorbach
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You're overthinking this. The zero-level Message spell already does what you want: to send/receive an AUDIO message via a whisper, so why not simply refluff it to a written message??
Writing on either page activates the enchantment, causing the message to appear on the other end. For simplicity, we'll presume the spell automatically handles erasing errors and auto-clears the page each time a new message is sent. Being a zero-level spell, any 1st level apprentice can lay the enchantment once someone has prepared the surface via Craft Wondrous Object, so our cost to produce would be:
spell(message) zero-level so cost at .5
cast by 1st level wizard 1.0
as a use-activated effect 2,000
and since Message is a 10min/level base spell 1.4
for a total base cost of 1,400gp per student/set.
and doubling that gives us a manufacture's suggest retail price of 2,800gp.
Given your scenario, presumably each student would be assigned a specific page for each class, with the teachers copies bound into book form for easier carrying/reference.
Writing on either page activates the enchantment, causing the message to appear on the other end. For simplicity, we'll presume the spell automatically handles erasing errors and auto-clears the page each time a new message is sent. Being a zero-level spell, any 1st level apprentice can lay the enchantment once someone has prepared the surface via Craft Wondrous Object, so our cost to produce would be:
spell(message) zero-level so cost at .5
cast by 1st level wizard 1.0
as a use-activated effect 2,000
and since Message is a 10min/level base spell 1.4
for a total base cost of 1,400gp per student/set.
and doubling that gives us a manufacture's suggest retail price of 2,800gp.
Given your scenario, presumably each student would be assigned a specific page for each class, with the teachers copies bound into book form for easier carrying/reference.
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