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<blockquote data-quote="Nightcloak" data-source="post: 2153553" data-attributes="member: 23862"><p><strong>Aging paper to make it look old for Maps, Scrolls, and Books.</strong></p><p></p><p>1. Take a small bowl, like a soup bowl, and put several Tablespoons of coffee in it. Add water and let in sit for an hour. Stir a few times through out the hour. Note: All the coffee grouds will not soak into the water (the nature of coffee) and this is fine.</p><p></p><p>2. Heat oven to 250 degrees</p><p></p><p>3. Take a cookie sheet (teflon is the best) and place the pages onto the cookie sheet.</p><p></p><p>4. Take a Barbeque brush (or a wide paint brush) and dip into the coffee.</p><p></p><p>5. Paint the coffee-water onto the pages. Do it several times if you need to make all of the pages wet. Don.t worry if there is some grounds on the pages.</p><p></p><p>6. Sprinkle some salt onto the pages</p><p></p><p>7. Cook sheets for about 10-15 minutes or when the pages look dry. Judge by eye.</p><p></p><p>8. Ignore the looks and commentary from Mrs. Nightcloak (this one is optional)</p><p></p><p>9. Remove and let cool. Dust remaining grounds off of pages.</p><p></p><p>10. When dry. Go <em>outside</em>, take a match, and burn a few edges for flavor. BECAREFUL, not only for your sake, but don't let the burning go crazy or you will lose a bunch of your hard work.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Some more thoughts: </p><p></p><p>Let it sit for a week to air out the coffee smell. </p><p></p><p>Soaking the pages and adding salt should cause circles in the pages or little cracks to help it look aged. You may need to experiment.</p><p></p><p>Experiment with placing little notes on the side and the burning the end of the message. The players will use their imaginations to complete the message. Kudos if it is an important clue they can go back and fill in later.</p><p></p><p>These are the results I got with a spellbook I made two years ago: <a href="http://ago:http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?p=2153183&postcount=4" target="_blank"> Posted Pictures</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nightcloak, post: 2153553, member: 23862"] [b]Aging paper to make it look old for Maps, Scrolls, and Books.[/b] 1. Take a small bowl, like a soup bowl, and put several Tablespoons of coffee in it. Add water and let in sit for an hour. Stir a few times through out the hour. Note: All the coffee grouds will not soak into the water (the nature of coffee) and this is fine. 2. Heat oven to 250 degrees 3. Take a cookie sheet (teflon is the best) and place the pages onto the cookie sheet. 4. Take a Barbeque brush (or a wide paint brush) and dip into the coffee. 5. Paint the coffee-water onto the pages. Do it several times if you need to make all of the pages wet. Don.t worry if there is some grounds on the pages. 6. Sprinkle some salt onto the pages 7. Cook sheets for about 10-15 minutes or when the pages look dry. Judge by eye. 8. Ignore the looks and commentary from Mrs. Nightcloak (this one is optional) 9. Remove and let cool. Dust remaining grounds off of pages. 10. When dry. Go [I]outside[/I], take a match, and burn a few edges for flavor. BECAREFUL, not only for your sake, but don't let the burning go crazy or you will lose a bunch of your hard work. Some more thoughts: Let it sit for a week to air out the coffee smell. Soaking the pages and adding salt should cause circles in the pages or little cracks to help it look aged. You may need to experiment. Experiment with placing little notes on the side and the burning the end of the message. The players will use their imaginations to complete the message. Kudos if it is an important clue they can go back and fill in later. These are the results I got with a spellbook I made two years ago: [url=ago:http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?p=2153183&postcount=4] Posted Pictures[/url] [/QUOTE]
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