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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Saeviomagy" data-source="post: 6835358" data-attributes="member: 5890">Below level 5, skywrite has a use in long range communications, because nothing else can really do what it does: the closest is animal messenger, but that requires you to know where your recipient is and what they will look like when the message arrives.Once you hit level 5, sending will be the go-to for individual communications. Skywrite still serves a niche - it's really the only way to broadcast a message. I could see it being used in kingdoms for things like storm and monster alerts. "Incoming dragon, take cover" could save a lot of lives if your citizens pay attention to it.My main issues with the spell are that:1) It's concentration for an hour and not just fire and forget: this isn't a major enough effect to require concentration. I would probably say that after concentration lapses, the clouds remain and dissipate naturally over 15 minutes or so.2) It doesn't give any details at all about how big the words are or how far away they can be seen from. It does one thing and doesn't explain how that one thing actually functions. I mean sure, I can draw on real world experience and assume it matches modern skywriting... but I don't actually know how far away THAT can be seen.3) It's a second level spell when I feel like it should really be 1st.</blockquote>