Mapmaker

Special 
When cast on a scroll or any other writing surface (including a previously unfinished map), this spell creates a map of what the scroll’s holder perceives. 
The caster must declare the scale used for the map, which way is north, the spot on the scroll where mapping begins and which features are to appear on the map. The map thus created is of the same quality as if it had been drawn by someone with a CartographyTL skill equal to the lower of the caster’s effective skill with this spell and his Cartography skill. It is no better in content than if the holder had taken the time to write it himself – the spell is nothing more than a time-saver.

Duration: 1 hour. The spell does not expire if the scroll’s user moves off the edge of the map; it just fails to inscribe anything until he moves back on. The inscriptions themselves are permanent. 
Cost: 4 to cast. 2 to maintain. 
Time to cast: 10 seconds. 
Prerequisites: Inscribe and Measurement.

Item

• (a) A scroll can be made self-mapping, updating itself whenever its holder enters a new area (and spends energy to activate it).  
  Energy cost to create: 100.
• (b) Wand or staff.  
  Energy cost to create: 300.