You write a message which can fit on a sheet of paper and bind it with an intended recipient, or group of recipients in mind. Once bound, the letter and binding may not be destroyed by non-magical means or by a spell or cantrip below 3rd level.
The letter will eventually reach its intended recipient through any means available to it, such as wind blowing in the right direction, getting caught on a traveling cart, making it through a mail system, etc. The letter can take any length of time for it to reach its intended recipient, up to the DM's discretion, and will always make it to its intended recipient. If the letter is not fully unbound, it is impossible for any creature to read the contents of the letter, even if the way the letter is bound would allow a creature to normally do so.
If someone that is not the intended recipient of the spell acquires the letter, they have no will to open it and they can make a charisma saving throw. If they succeed the saving throw, they have the will to open the letter, but still must break through the binding to read the contents letter. If they fail the saving throw, they discard of the letter in the least inconvenient way possible to themselves, such as tossing it away, and the letter will resume its journey.
* - (a piece of paper or parchment with a written message, a form of binding such as a wax seal or a string, and a material to write the message with such as ink, all of which the spell consumes)
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