Spell to duplicate a cheap nonmagical object?


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Is there an existing spell that can duplicate a cheap nonmagical object, such as a handwritten note?

Liberty's Edge

Fabricate ?
Minor Creation?
-Kle.


Klebert L. Hall wrote:

Fabricate ?

Minor Creation?
-Kle.

Thanks for your response. Given the limitations of those spells, it seems both of those would imply the need a Linguistics roll to create a forgery, in order to create a "copy" of the note, which could still be detected as a forgery.

I suppose I can instead try to create a spell of my own (especially with the new guide in Ultimate Magic).


Illusory Script. Compel your reader to believe that the note's the real deal. Or Silent Image and a good Bluff check: "Yes that note over there---the one that you shouldn't try to touch---is genuine.


Many situations that could be solved with a duplicated handwritten note could be better solved with a note that reads "I prepared explosive runes this morning".


2E's Complete Wizard's Handbook has a 1st level spell named Copy and a 4th level spell named Duplicate.

I found a conversion to 3E here. (Where copy become a cantrip)

Apparently a cantrip called Scrivener's Chant in Source Seekers of Secrets which does the following:

Spoiler:
This spell imbues a quill with animate energy and rapidly transcribes words from one page to another. The quill copies a written work at the rate of one normal-sized page per minute. The Linguistics skill can be used to make a convincing copy, but otherwise the reproduction is written in the hand of the caster. You must concentrate upon the material being duplicated for the spell's duration and provide new blank pages as required. The scrivener's chant requires blank paper and a quill or other writing materials, in addition to the material components.

This spell cannot duplicate magical writing (including spells and magical scrolls), though it can duplicate non-magical writing from a magical source.

The 3.5 Spell Compendium has a cantrip named Amanuensis which copies nonmagical text.

Liberty's Edge

Yep, you'd still need a Linguistics check.

Are you trying to do this with something other than a Wizard? Wizards are usually made of linguistics...
-Kle.

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