Inscribe

Area; Resisted by Will 
Creates an inscription (either writing or images) on any surface. 
Appropriate specializations of Artist (Calligraphy, Illumination, etc.) should be used to assess the aesthetics of the result. The image can be as stylish as the caster desires: letters of silver flame, simple block-lettering, reflected light on the surface of water, and so on. The inscription is integral to the subject’s surface, fading only when the spell is canceled or expires. Any living things to be inscribed get to resist.

Duration: 1 minute. 
Base cost: 1 to cast. Same cost to maintain. Minimum 2. 
Prerequisites: Simple Illusion and Copy.

Item

• (a) Any inscription can be made permanent for 20 times the cost to cast the spell.
• (b) A stylus, brush, etc. that can leave inscriptions on any- thing, without ever needing ink or paint.  
  Energy cost to create: 30.