I was wondering about the interaction between Malleable Illusion (Level 6 Illusionist ability) and Illusory Script, or, rather, its material component. To cast Illusory Script, you must expend special ink worth 10 gold pieces.
"Malleable Illusion: "Starting at 6th level, when you cast an illusion spell that has a duration of 1 minute or longer, you can use your action to change the nature of that illusion (using the spell's normal parameters for the illusion), provided that you can see the illusion." (PHB 118)
On the one hand, Malleable Illusion says nothing about material components, and the way its written even implies that this isn't a new spell, but a reshaping of an old one. But, on the other hand, the text says the spell consumes the components, which may render them unable to be reshaped.
TL;DR Do I have to pay 10 gold every time I want to reshape Illusory Script, or does it just happen when I spend the action? Or, to put it more plainly, do the "normal parameters" of the illusion include EVERYTHING except the casting time and the spell slot, or are the "normal parameters" of the spell just WHAT it does, not HOW it's done?
Based on the descriptions of both the Illusionist ability and the spell, I would say it refers to the text of the spell effect. So you have the parchment, it says something that you intend (instead of what's actually written), and a person reads it. Whilst you can see it, you can have the illusion change the text so when the next person reads it it says something totally different.
Normal parameters mean you cant have the Illusory script become a picture of a dragon, because the spells text says it has to be writing, not a picture. It is on the parchment/surface, it is not a 3D image (for that you'd need Silent Image or the like).
Malleable Illusion:
Starting at 6th level, when you cast an illusion spell that has a duration of 1 minute or longer, you can use your action to change the nature of that illusion (using the spell's normal parameters for the illusion), provided that you can see the illusion.
To you and any creatures you designate when you cast the spell, the writing appears normal, written in your hand, and conveys whatever meaning you intended when you wrote the text. To all others, the writing appears as if it were written in an unknown or magical script that is unintelligible. Alternatively, you can cause the writing to appear to be an entirely different message, written in a different hand and language, though the language must be one you know.
I was wondering about the interaction between Malleable Illusion (Level 6 Illusionist ability) and Illusory Script, or, rather, its material component. To cast Illusory Script, you must expend special ink worth 10 gold pieces.
"Malleable Illusion:
"Starting at 6th level, when you cast an illusion spell that has a duration of 1 minute or longer, you can use your action to change the nature of that illusion (using the spell's normal parameters for the illusion), provided that you can see the illusion." (PHB 118)
On the one hand, Malleable Illusion says nothing about material components, and the way its written even implies that this isn't a new spell, but a reshaping of an old one. But, on the other hand, the text says the spell consumes the components, which may render them unable to be reshaped.
TL;DR Do I have to pay 10 gold every time I want to reshape Illusory Script, or does it just happen when I spend the action? Or, to put it more plainly, do the "normal parameters" of the illusion include EVERYTHING except the casting time and the spell slot, or are the "normal parameters" of the spell just WHAT it does, not HOW it's done?
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ModeratorBased on the descriptions of both the Illusionist ability and the spell, I would say it refers to the text of the spell effect. So you have the parchment, it says something that you intend (instead of what's actually written), and a person reads it. Whilst you can see it, you can have the illusion change the text so when the next person reads it it says something totally different.
Normal parameters mean you cant have the Illusory script become a picture of a dragon, because the spells text says it has to be writing, not a picture. It is on the parchment/surface, it is not a 3D image (for that you'd need Silent Image or the like).
Malleable Illusion:
Illusory Script
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