Illusory Script

SpellPHBp. 2522014SRD
Level
1 · Illusion
Casting time
1 minute
Range
Touch
Components
S, M (a lead-based ink worth at least 10 gp, which the spell consumes)
Duration
10 days

You write on parchment, paper, or some other suitable writing material and imbue it with a potent illusion that lasts for the duration.

To you and any creatures you designate when you cast the spell, the writing appears normal, written in your hand, and conveys whatever meaning you intended when you wrote the text. To all others, the writing appears as if it were written in an unknown or magical script that is unintelligible. Alternatively, you can cause the writing to appear to be an entirely different message, written in a different hand and language, though the language must be one you know.

Should the spell be dispelled, the original script and the illusion both disappear.

A creature with truesight can read the hidden message.

Raw data
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  "srd": true,
  "meta": {
    "ritual": true
  },
  "name": "Illusory Script",
  "page": 252,
  "time": [
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      "unit": "minute",
      "number": 1
    }
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    {
      "name": "Divinely Favored",
      "source": "DSotDQ"
    },
    {
      "name": "Magic Initiate",
      "source": "PHB"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ritual Caster",
      "source": "PHB"
    },
    {
      "name": "Magic Initiate",
      "source": "XPHB"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ritual Caster",
      "source": "XPHB"
    },
    {
      "name": "Shadow-Touched",
      "source": "XPHB"
    },
    {
      "name": "Quicksmithing",
      "source": "PSK"
    },
    {
      "name": "Shadow Touched",
      "source": "TCE"
    },
    {
      "name": "Strixhaven Initiate",
      "source": "SCC"
    },
    {
      "name": "Vampire Touched",
      "source": "ABH"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "name": "Gnome (Mark of Scribing)",
      "source": "ERLW",
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    }
  ],
  "range": {
    "type": "point",
    "distance": {
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    }
  },
  "__prop": "spell",
  "school": "I",
  "source": "PHB",
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        "class": {
          "name": "Bard",
          "source": "XPHB"
        },
        "subclass": {
          "name": "College of Lore",
          "source": "XPHB",
          "shortName": "Lore"
        }
      },
      {
        "class": {
          "name": "Fighter",
          "source": "XPHB"
        },
        "subclass": {
          "name": "Eldritch Knight",
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          "shortName": "Eldritch Knight"
        }
      },
      {
        "class": {
          "name": "Rogue",
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        "subclass": {
          "name": "Arcane Trickster",
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          "shortName": "Arcane Trickster"
        }
      },
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        "subclass": {
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          "shortName": "Illusionist"
        }
      },
      {
        "class": {
          "name": "Fighter",
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          "source": "PHB",
          "shortName": "Eldritch Knight"
        }
      },
      {
        "class": {
          "name": "Rogue",
          "source": "PHB"
        },
        "subclass": {
          "name": "Arcane Trickster",
          "source": "PHB",
          "shortName": "Arcane Trickster"
        }
      }
    ],
    "fromClassList": [
      {
        "name": "Bard",
        "source": "PHB"
      },
      {
        "name": "Warlock",
        "source": "PHB"
      },
      {
        "name": "Wizard",
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      }
    ]
  },
  "entries": [
    "You write on parchment, paper, or some other suitable writing material and imbue it with a potent illusion that lasts for the duration.",
    "To you and any creatures you designate when you cast the spell, the writing appears normal, written in your hand, and conveys whatever meaning you intended when you wrote the text. To all others, the writing appears as if it were written in an unknown or magical script that is unintelligible. Alternatively, you can cause the writing to appear to be an entirely different message, written in a different hand and language, though the language must be one you know.",
    "Should the spell be dispelled, the original script and the illusion both disappear.",
    "A creature with {@sense truesight} can read the hidden message."
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  "duration": [
    {
      "type": "timed",
      "duration": {
        "type": "day",
        "amount": 10
      }
    }
  ],
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  "_tmpRaces": [],
  "_tmpGroups": [],
  "components": {
    "m": {
      "cost": 1000,
      "text": "a lead-based ink worth at least 10 gp, which the spell consumes",
      "consume": true
    },
    "s": true
  },
  "_tmpClasses": {},
  "backgrounds": [
    {
      "name": "Orzhov Representative",
      "source": "GGR"
    }
  ],
  "reprintedAs": [
    "Illusory Script|XPHB"
  ],
  "_isMutEntity": true,
  "_tmpBackgrounds": [],
  "_tmpSourcesInit": true,
  "optionalfeatures": [
    {
      "name": "Book of Ancient Secrets",
      "source": "PHB",
      "featureType": [
        "EI"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Pact of the Tome",
      "source": "XPHB",
      "featureType": [
        "EI"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "referenceSources": [
    "IDRotF",
    "JttRC",
    "QftIS",
    "ToA"
  ],
  "_tmpOptionalfeatures": []
}
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