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title: Scribing
description: "Ranks: 1 XP Cost: 5 Learn Time: 8 Skill Point Cost: 2/page Self-Teach :No Pre-Requisite: Read/Write Debarment: - Limitation: Scribing Kit Rarity: Common Description: A character with this skill is skilled at making exact copies of any non-magical written material.…"
url: "https://wiki.xadune.com/?docs=skills-163"
updated: "2025-11-16"
category: Skills / Customary Skill
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# Scribing

Ranks: 1

XP Cost: 5

Learn Time: 8

Skill Point Cost: 2/page

Self-Teach :No

Pre-Requisite: Read/Write

Debarment: -

Limitation: Scribing Kit

Rarity: Common

Description:

A character with this skill is skilled at making exact copies of any non-magical written material. To be successful, the character must have an original in front of him during the entire process. A skill bid is made at 2SP per page, and if successful, the copy is a perfect copy of the first, without loss of any words or meaning. The new copy is obviously in a different hand than the original (this is not a substitute for forgery). The character need not understand the language of the original, as long as the letters are easily readable. Characters must take the reading/writing proficiency prior to this one, although the specific language is not important. It takes approximately 10 minutes per page to scribe a copy. A typical scribing kit, complete with carrying case, magnifying lens, 2 bottles of ink, a dozen pages of parchment, and a like number of quills costs around 50 units and last about two hundred pages. Special inks and quills are available in large cities. A character with the forgery proficiency gains a -25% cost in skill target bids if the scribing proficiency is also known.