Write
(Evocation)


L^: mu1
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R#: 0
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D^: 1h*
C^: v.s.m
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CT: 1r
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S^: S
A^: One magical spell inscription
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Effect: By means of this spell a MU might be able to inscribe a spell he or she cannot understand at the (time)
(due to level || lack of sufficient intelligence) into the tome or other compilation he || she employs to maintain a library of spells.

Furthermore, a spell will take 1 hour per level to transcribe in this fashion, and during this period,
the MU is in a trance state and can always be surprised by any foe.

Save: The MU must make a save vs. Magic to attempt the writing of any spell,
    +2 if it is only up to 1 level greater than he or she currently uses,
    0 at 2 levels higher,
    and -1 per level from 3 levels higher onwards.
If this throw fails,
the MU is subiect to 1d4 of damage
for every level of the spell he or she was attempting to transcribe into his or her magic book,
and furthermore be knocked unconscious for a like number of turns.
This damage, if not fatal, can only be healed at the rate of 1-4 points per day,
as it is damage to psyche and body.

DMG: Ink for use with this spell is only 10% likely to be located at any given apothecary/alchemist in a town,
or double that for a city.
Ink will come in a flask which will be sufficient to inscribe 2-4 spells.
The cost will be 200 to 500 g.p..
You should devise whatever formula for manufacture of this substance you desire.
Ichor of slithering tracker, octopus ink, and powdered gems are a fair place to start from.

MC: In +addition+ to the writing surface upon which the spell is to be transcribed,
the spell caster needs a fine ink composed of rare substances
(minimum cost 200 g.p. per bottle, if available at all without manufacture by the MU).

Scroll Creation
To set down the spell itself, the ink
must be made as follows:

  • 1 ounce giant octopus ink
  • 1 pinch graphite
  • 1 drop of the writer’s blood
  • 1 basilisk eye
  • 1 whole plant (including roots), lady’s mantle

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    Chop up the basilisk eye and the plant
    together, cover in a crucible, and burn to
    ash over a slow fire of seaborne driftwood
    or acorns. Add the graphite to the
    ink, and then the ash. Stir once with a
    wooden spoon or rod and then add the
    drop of blood. Cover quickly, shake, and
    let stand in the moonlight for a night.

    When employing the spell, the desired
    writing must be copied with a special ink.
    Thurl says there are at least four known
    formulas for this ink; the intent is to
    create a neutral ink receptive to a dweomer,
    so as to capture the essence of a
    spell. The following ingredients will produce
    ink sufficient to write one spell, and
    they may be increased proportionally;
    add extra owl’s eyes, spikenard, and
    sapphires to increase the quantity of ink
    produced, but the quantities for sand,
    water, mistletoe, lead, and the gems other
     than the sapphires, remain the same.

  • 1 ounce giant octopus ink
  • 1/2 ounce ichor of slithering tracker
  • 1 owl eye
  • 3 blue-green sapphires, as large and as fine as possible
  • 1 ruby (deep crimson)
  • 1 piece of jet
  • 1 piece of obsidian
  • 1 spikenard (root)
  • 1 pinch of sand
  • 1 drop of water
  • 1/4 ounce of lead
  • 1 sprig of mistletoe

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    Boil the spikenard, mistletoe, and owl
    eye in the ichor over a blazing fire. Pulverize
    and add the lead and the gems
    when the mixture is at a full boil, in the
    following order: sapphires, jet, lead, obsidian,
    and ruby, sprinkling each over
    the full surface of the boiling mixture.
    Take the mixture from the flames, stir in
    the giant octopus ink, and allow to cool
    uncapped in a windy place. Then add the
    sand and the water, and allow the container
    to stand for a full day, making sure
    it is exposed both to brilliant sunlight
    and bright moonlight.  - The Book of the Silver Talon