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<blockquote data-quote="jefgorbach" data-source="post: 5885671" data-attributes="member: 28278">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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; .5cast by 1st level wizard&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1.0as a use-activated effect&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 2,000and since Message is a 10min/level base spell&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1.4for a total base cost of&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 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.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jefgorbach, post: 5885671, member: 28278"] 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. [/QUOTE]

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