Level
8th
Casting Time
1 Action Ritual
Range/Area
Self
Components
V, S, M *
Duration
Concentration 10 Minutes
School
Conjuration
Attack/Save
WIS Save
Damage/Effect
Communication (...)

You can see, hear and interact with a particular creature or location that is on the same plane of existence as you. If the target is a creature, it knows that somebody is initiating a contact, though it does not know that it is you specifically, and it can choose to make a Wisdom saving throw to resist the contact. Whether the target is a creature or location depends on what is depicted on the Trump card you use as the focus for this spell.

Creature. As you focus on the depiction of the creature, you become aware of them (and their surroundings, to some extent). Both you and the target must hold concentration for the duration, and either you or the target are able to break this contact and end the spell. Another creature that is touching either you or the target is able to join the effects of the spell, however other creatures cannot see the other end of the contact. You and the target are able to converse normally through this connection, and at any point in the duration, either you or the target can extend a hand as a bonus action, and allow the other person (and anybody touching them) to come through the magical connection and arrive instantaneously in the space nearest to them.

Location. As you focus on the trump card and visualize the location depicted, you (and anybody touching you) see the drawing take on aspects of reality. You are able to see what is currently happening in that location, and can use a bonus action to step through into that location. 

Creating a Trump Card. The material component needed for this spell must be a drawing of the creature/location that was specifically created as a Trump. To create a Trump card, you must use a piece of pasteboard, and rare inks worth 100gp, which are used up in the making of the Trump. To draw the Trump card, you must be in the presence of the creature/location you for the full time it takes you to draw the card, which is 1 hour. You must make an Intelligence (Arcana) check against DC18. On a success, you create a Trump card for the desired creature/location. On a failure, the drawing lacks the magic needed, and the creation fails, with the materials you used wasted. Spellcasters can use each other's Trumps, and Trumps can be reused. A Trump counts as a magic item for the purpose of sustaining damage, and as a component of specific cost, for overcoming use of a spellcasting focus/component pouch.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 9th level, the Trump contact you sustain is able to reach creatures/locations on other planes of existence.

*This spell is inspired by the Trump cards featured in the Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny*

* - (A Trump card of the creature or location you want to contact (see below))

Spell Tags: Teleportation Communication Scrying Movement

Available For: Bard (Legacy) Sorcerer (Legacy) Warlock (Legacy) Wizard (Legacy) Cleric (Legacy) - Arcana Domain Druid (Legacy) - Circle of Dreams

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