As a mage who is adept at studying the auras of magic and how spells interact with the Weaves, you can produce a written spell (as for a scroll or to copy into a spell book or Book of Shadows, etc.) of any spell you've witnessed first-hand without having taken damage in the witnessing, and that you've used at least an action to make a successful DC 10 + spell level (10 for cantrips) Arcana check.
Determining the writing required to manifest a spell requires daily study for an amount of time related to the spell level, and requires the same amount of specialized ink as creating a spell scroll of that level:
| Level | Time to study (8-hour days) | Gold Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Cantrip | 2 days | 15 gp |
| 1st | 4 days | 25 gp |
| 2nd | 1 week | 250 gp |
| 3rd | 2 weeks | 500 gp |
| 4th | 1 months | 2,500 gp |
| 5th | 3 months | 5,000 gp |
| 6th | 6 months | 15,000 gp |
| 7th | 9 months | 25,000 gp |
| 8th | 1 year | 50,000 gp |
| 9th | 2 years | 250,000 gp |
These studies can be grouped or spread out, reducing or increasing the time required appropriately (minimum 1 hour per day, maximum 12 hours per day, i.e., studying a 4th level spell for one hour per day, will take 8 months, whereas, studying for 12 hours per day will take about 20 days, etc.).
If your studies are interrupted for a day (i.e., you take two long rests between studies), the written spell loses its power, and you must start again. If you have less than half of the requisite study, you must make a new Arcana check as if you had not witnessed or studied it the first time, but this time, with Advantage.
Once a spell has been studied and written this way, the student can cast it from the written source regardless of unpriced material components or class restrictions but must still have the ability to cast spells of the appropriate level. Spells cast in this way do not affect spell slots, but do take up pages in books, etc.
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