Parchment

[Traveon Wyvernspur]

I'm conducting an online game and would like to write notes to my players from their patron. I wanted to know if anyone knows of a MS Word Template that looks like an old scroll or old parchment paper such as would be used in a normal Forgotten Realms campaign setting. Something that is free to download. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

[Azurecrusader]

You may want to take a look at these jpg textures. You can easily watermark them into a word document or use something like paint.net to write on them directly (with text).

http://www.bittbox.com/freebies/free-high-res-grungy-paper-textures/

 

[pukunui]

If you're willing to put a little time and effort into it, you can make regular printer paper look like old parchment. Just soak it in tea for a while then bake it in the oven till it dries out. Assuming you haven't baked it so long that it becomes very brittle, you can crumple it up then smooth it out again to give it an old crinkly/leathery texture. If you want the "burned edges" look, carefully burn/singe the edges with a candle or lighter.

Personally, I prefer this "hands on" method because then you get the whole page looking "authentic" rather than just the side you printed on.

Otherwise, you should be able to find some suitable "aged paper" pics on the net (I found some good ones that were a decent size on flickr not so long ago).

 

[Totte]

I have a png here you can you as a backdrop for a parchment.
http://pol.code66.se/paper.png