

The notes you take will be color-coded since you can write in your choice of ink color. You can help cheer up characters by teaching them to read and write in beautiful colors. Lending the quill to someone else will allow them to play with it, too. You might use Mage Hand to scribe messages on a wall, so you don’t need to speak, erasing it quickly with a wave of the quill’s feather. Using colorful, erasable ink is heaps of fun if it can be used on diverse mediums. You don’t need ink you can produce ink of any color as you write with the quill. You can eclipse her mischief with this inkless quill. If you thought Jester from Critical Role was mischievous with her magical pigments, get ready for this. I picture Order of Scribes Wizard’s magical quill as a tool that can be used on a variety of surfaces. I can’t guarantee other hobbyists would rule the same.
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Graffiti time! I’m claiming creative license to decide that the Scribe Wizard can use the Wizardly Quill on reasonable, non-paper items. Wizardly Quill – Level 2 Scribes Wizard Feature You are the Pagemaster! You’re never lonely when you have your trusted book. It’s like an episode of Blue’s Clues or Reading Rainbow when a Scribe Wizard’s book comes to life. Scribe Wizards don’t merely study their spellbooks they awaken them. This lore taught me that the Order of Scribes could be much more than a book club. He formed a church of scribes devoted to the Lord of the Dead, Kelemvor. I found additional lore for an unsavory scrivener named Jergal. One name is the Order of the Ibis Feather, elite scriveners who served a powerful pharaoh. We don’t get much information beyond that in TCoE, but the Order of Scribes is known by alternate names. They’re scholarly tattletales with a taste for magic. The Order of Scribes is a group that takes many forms in different worlds, but each of them ultimately has the same goal: to discover magical secrets to record them for all to possess. There’s a reason this subclass is based on an order resembling the structure of a paladin order.

Every Wizard keeps a library card, but the Scribes are in the library every day! Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything describes the Order of Scribes Wizards subclass as the most bookish of all Wizards. The order to which you subscribe as a scribe (haha) can take many forms, recording knowledge for the public good or hoarding it to amass private power. The Order of Scribes Wizard comes fully loaded with interesting details to build upon as you develop your character’s background, flaws, bonds, and ideals. You get a study buddy in the form of your spellbook and its manifested mind, and you gain skills that any scribe would covet. This subclass practically roleplays itself.
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The term ‘scrivener’ is a recurring word, so let’s define it: “a professional or public copyist or writer notary public.” You’re basically Jerry from Parks and Rec (just kidding, kind of). I’ll explore the lore and provide ideas for getting the most out of your Scribe Wizard features and lore. I intend to help you in your exploratory process to maximize the fun when you play a scrivener. You’ve decided to play an Order of Scribes Wizard, and you want to explore the roleplaying potential of the subclass. We can’t afford to drop our guard.” Playing an Order of Scribes Wizard Your spellbook replies with fatigue in its voice, “It would seem so. “We seem to have caught the attention of powerful enemies,” you say. You look around, horrified at the mayhem and carnage. At the last moment, your spellbook’s manifested mind transformed into a watery bubble that shielded you from harm. Suddenly, the tavern explodes in a fiery blast that reduces everyone to ash. As you walk to your room, you wonder if the Order of Scribes Wizards will allow you to trade your spellbook for a less-cheeky model… “I’m flattered, but maybe buy me dinner first,” jabs your paged companion as you roll your eyes and get up from the table. Upon realizing the scene you’re creating, you suggest to your book that it’s time to get a room. Surely they’ll allow me access to the deeper secrets in the vaults as a reward for my diligence.” Tavern patrons glance at you curiously as your quill seems to scribe with a mind of its own while you openly converse with your book. “I’ve been gaining a lot of weight from the substantial spells you have been discovering.” You reply, “The Order will be pleased with our progress.

“Oh, that’s a good one,” says your spellbook. Finding a quiet corner of the tavern, you retrieve your magic quill and begin to transcribe a spell scroll into your spellbook. You are an Order of Scribes Wizard behind in your studies. Featured Order of Scribes Wizard image credit to Wizards of the Coast’s book Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything.ĭisclaimer: This article contains affiliate links that add gold to our coffers.
