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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jefgorbach" data-source="post: 5889141" data-attributes="member: 28278">I include a 10% discount for knowing the creator's personal gobbledygook to comprehend the projected text (which perhaps should be higher to reflect its uniqueness) and a further 30% discount for limiting it strictly to wizards. Yes, a 40% discount seems excessive but justifiable considering its still ballparking around 13,000gp whereas the equivalent blank parchment is a mere 630gp. This device is no different than the numerous example items based upon impermanent spell durations and/or charges because RAW implies spells enchanted into objects are to be considered cast at the point when/where that object is later ACTIVATED, not when/where they were created. For example, RAW states the grey Bag of Tricks is a cloth bag enchanted with Summon Nature's Ally II by a 3rd level caster. The user may activate it upto 10x per week by withdrawing and tossing a fuzzy ball) , summoning a random animal from a predefined list to appear within 40ft of the bag and remain for 10-minutes before vanishing. Apparently the naysayers feel such a bag cant exist because according to RAW SNA2 can only summon a single animal which would have appeared where the bag was originally created, lasting a mere 3 rounds before vanishing forevermore; rending the bag inert thereafter because the spell's duration had expired. So while they are correct in the user would be limited to projecting the stored image somewhere within the area-of-effect centered upon a point within 520' of the item and that it would only be displayed for as long as the caster concentrated; that point-of-origin COULD be moved an unlimited distance between uses just like any other wondrous item. Furthermore, such stored enchantments typically have all their variable traits preset at the time of enchantment. In the case of an offensive spell, its the range, duration, and amount of damage inflicted. In this case of this device, its the image stored for later recall. [MENTION=6669384]Greenfield[/MENTION]I questioned this too because the Scribe Scroll feat says "You can create a scroll of any spell that you KNOW" and the description for the wizard class notes "Unlike a bard or sorcerer, a wizard may KNOW any number of spells. She must choose and prepare her spells ahead of time by getting a good night’s sleep and spending 1 hour studying her spellbook. While studying, the wizard decides which spells to prepare." In other words the user does NOT need to have the desired spells memorized, just available to him in his spellbook/scroll case.</blockquote>

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