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Scalescribe

A scholarly serpent copies spoken magic out of the air, scratching stolen incantations onto scrolls with a pen grown from its own body.

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A scalescribe is a small, serpentine creature of living language — a scholarly oddity that copies magic out of the air, scratching stolen incantations onto scrolls with the pen that is part of its own body.

It gains a +2 status bonus to all saves vs. linguistic effects.

In play

  • Transcribe [Reaction] Trigger Another creature targets the scalescribe with a spell requiring verbal components; Effect The scalescribe attempts to copy the incantation onto a scroll by attempting a counteract check (counteract level 2, counteract modifier +10) with the following effects instead of the normal effects of counteracting. The spell still affects the scalescribe, regardless of the results of this check. The scalescribe can Cast a Spell from any scroll they Transcribe as if it were on their spell list.

Level 3

Perception +11 · Senses darkvision · Languages Aklo, Common, Draconic · Skills Arcana +11, Library Lore +11, Occultism +9, Scribing Lore +11, Stealth +8

STRDEXCONINTWISCHA
-2+3+1+4+4+0
ACFortRefWill
18+6+10+11

HP 45

Speed 20 feet

Actions

  • Melee Fountain pen [Single Action] +10 (Agile, Finesse, Magical), Damage 1d6+2 piercing
  • Ranged Morpheme glyph [Single Action] +10 (range 40 ft, Evocation, Magical), Damage 3d6 force