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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Frozen DM" data-source="post: 2530910" data-attributes="member: 35841">I've done this and it works well. I've actually used clothes pins to hang it so that it doesn't stick to the drying surface. The first few times I tore the paper because it was too wet and tore when I tried moving it. I've used wax to seal letters made with this type of paper, to add a certain authenticity.Another nice way of presenting parchment like this is rolled up and tied with some kind of ribbon. I did this with some letters the PC's were trying to recover. I also singed the ends since they found them after interrupting their owner trying to burn them. I've also used food colouring on paper to simulate certain stains (like blood). It doesn't always work as well as I'd hoped. I think it depends on how pourous the paper is. In one game I had the PC's find a message from a druid, so I used birch bark as a writing surface with charcoal. I've also tried wood burning, but that didn't turn out very well.Outside of writing surfaces I've used candles in black-iron holders, mostly to help set a mood. That's about as fancy as my props have gotten.</blockquote>