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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hadrian" data-source="post: 2796584" data-attributes="member: 16604">The basic principle of a telegraph is simply a transmitter which opens and closes an electric circuit (this is a broad generalization). So I would say the development of a circuit and basic knowledge of electrical mechanisms were the key to developing the telegraph.Now the simple 0 level Message spell does what you want verbally over a shorter range, so I would consider designing a first level spell that will transmit a message between two objects, say a crystal lens, at a greater range. Then you can simply have a series of magical items made that will duplicate this effect, you can place them in towers (perhaps even giving the crystal lens the ability to boost the range to prevent any problems from players who know the spell…and allowing you to place them however far apart you like) and have them relay in a series of hops.I honestly can’t think of a logical reason this spell would be limited to text transmission however, so if you want it to do that, I would say some hand-waving is in order.</blockquote>