I'm actually really proud of my item. It's useful, but I'm not so sure it's superstar. Also, a couple of people informed me that it was a mid level item when it should have been more of a low level item.
Spellsnaring Canvas
Aura moderate abjuration and illusion; CL 9th
Slot none; Price 7,400 gp; Weight 1 lb.
Description
This scrolltube of meshed electrum houses a rolled canvas of dragonskin vellum. An embossed leather strap allows it to be slung over the back or shoulders.
When the bearer is targeted by or within the affected area of an arcane spell being cast, she may, as an immediate action once per day, speak the command word to allow the spell's effects to fully imprint upon the canvas. The imprint lasts 24 hours before fading.
To the untrained eye, an imprint is little more than a messy, if brilliant, cacophony of color splashed across the canvas. However, each hue and spatter, even the texture and intensity, translates into an aspect of the spell. Read magic allows the bearer to understand the imprint as if deciphering a scroll.
The bearer may attempt to copy an imprinted spell into her spellbook or formula book as if from a scroll, Conversely, if she is a witch, she may attempt to teach the imprinted spell to her familiar. The Spellcraft check is made normally for a spell that affects an area, but is made at a -5 penalty for a targeted spell, with an additional -1 penalty for every metamagic feat applied to the spell that the bearer does not have. Regardless of the outcome, the imprint dissipates after a single attempt.
The canvas grants its bearer a +3 competence bonus to Spellcraft checks made to identify spells being cast.
Construction
Requirements Craft Wondrous Item, color spray, siphon magic ; Cost 3,700 gp
