Literally that: How many pages is illusory script?
The spell says that: You write on parchment, paper, or some other suitable writing material and imbue it with a potent illusion that lasts for the duration. Nothing about that description technically describes length. The only requirement is that it is parchment, so does the spell create a single page / single piece of parchment? And if so, What if it's a scroll that can unravel to be a foot long or more, does that not count as a single page? So is it just a standard book sized piece of parchment? That seems to devalue it's use as a small note you could pass. In the material components, it requires: (a lead-based ink worth at least 10 gp, which the spell consumes) So perhaps the spell would allow you to (with a single usage of it) write as many words as you could with a (Supposed) bottle of ink?
TLDR: My Spellcaster wants to write down secret letters from the Lord we were sent to spy on without taking the letters, letting them know we were there. How much can she copy using Illusory Script.
I would probably rule it as an amount that someone could reasonably write in 1 minute as that's the casting time and writing the text seems to be part of the spellcasting process. I would keep the amount the same even if it were cast over 11 minutes as a ritual with the first 10 being preparation.
'You write on parchment, paper, or some other suitable writing material...'
I guess for me the difference is the use of singular and not plural ('paper', not 'papers'). Therefore, I would say you attempt to create an illusion on that one piece that makes it look different to the original, but still appears as one piece of paper in terms of size and content.
That said, I'd be totally fine if the DM called this one as I respect the argument that the illusion could make it appear that there is in fact more than one piece of paper. Also the name of the spell is illusory script, not illusory sheet :P I'd be happy to overrule if the player felt strongly enough about the spell.
Bearing in mind that, under inspection for example, a guards hand would pass through the majority of something that looked like a binder of papers together. If it was one piece of paper in size, only the most scrupulous of guards would figure something was amiss.
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Literally that: How many pages is illusory script?
The spell says that: You write on parchment, paper, or some other suitable writing material and imbue it with a potent illusion that lasts for the duration.
Nothing about that description technically describes length. The only requirement is that it is parchment, so does the spell create a single page / single piece of parchment? And if so, What if it's a scroll that can unravel to be a foot long or more, does that not count as a single page? So is it just a standard book sized piece of parchment? That seems to devalue it's use as a small note you could pass.
In the material components, it requires: (a lead-based ink worth at least 10 gp, which the spell consumes)
So perhaps the spell would allow you to (with a single usage of it) write as many words as you could with a (Supposed) bottle of ink?
TLDR: My Spellcaster wants to write down secret letters from the Lord we were sent to spy on without taking the letters, letting them know we were there. How much can she copy using Illusory Script.
I would probably rule it as an amount that someone could reasonably write in 1 minute as that's the casting time and writing the text seems to be part of the spellcasting process. I would keep the amount the same even if it were cast over 11 minutes as a ritual with the first 10 being preparation.
'You write on parchment, paper, or some other suitable writing material...'
I guess for me the difference is the use of singular and not plural ('paper', not 'papers'). Therefore, I would say you attempt to create an illusion on that one piece that makes it look different to the original, but still appears as one piece of paper in terms of size and content.
That said, I'd be totally fine if the DM called this one as I respect the argument that the illusion could make it appear that there is in fact more than one piece of paper. Also the name of the spell is illusory script, not illusory sheet :P I'd be happy to overrule if the player felt strongly enough about the spell.
Bearing in mind that, under inspection for example, a guards hand would pass through the majority of something that looked like a binder of papers together. If it was one piece of paper in size, only the most scrupulous of guards would figure something was amiss.
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It seems to me like it's one piece of writing material, a scroll, parchement, piece of paper etc per cast of the spell.