Custom Paint Job

With Custom Paint Job, the artificer unleashes their artistic skill and mastery of painter's tools to disguise a living or inanimate target with a specialized paint. Upon casting the spell, the artificer must touch the target and apply the paint using the small vial and their painter's tools. The paint quickly adheres to the surface and begins to dry, creating a seamless disguise.

For the first 5 minutes after the spell is cast, the disguise can still be detected by magical means, such as the Detect Magic spell or other similar abilities. However, once the paint has fully dried, which usually takes about 5 minutes, the magical traces associated with the spell evaporate, leaving no magical signature behind. From that point on, the disguise cannot be revealed through magical analysis or detection.

The paint job itself remains intact until it is deliberately washed off or damaged. The disguise appears completely natural and can fool both visual inspection and non-magical scrutiny. It can alter the color, texture, and surface details of the target, providing a convincing disguise. However, the spell cannot change the shape or physical properties of the disguised object or creature. For example, an artificer could disguise a wooden chest to look like a stone statue, or a humanoid target to look like they are wearing different clothing, but they cannot change the shape of the chest into a different object or alter the target's facial features.

The duration of the disguise is indefinite, lasting until the paint is removed or damaged. Even if the spell ends or the artificer loses concentration, the paint job remains until it is deliberately altered. However, the paint can be washed off using regular means, such as water or cleaning substances, or it can be damaged through physical actions, such as scratching or scraping.

Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the drying time reduces by 1 minute per slot level, to a minimum of 1 minute.

Note: The DM has the final say in determining the effectiveness and limitations of the spell in their game.