Quill of the Nighthawk
Added 2023-01-14 21:55:45 +0000 UTCQuill of the Nighthawk
Wondrous item, rare
This writing quill is made from an ethereal nighthawk's flight feather that has been enchanted to enhance its connection to the Ethereal Plane. The quill has 4 charges and regains 1d4 expended charges daily at dawn. It magically produces its own ink.
As an action, you can expend 1 charge to write a message up to one-hundred words long with this quill on a piece of parchment and send it to a creature with which you are familiar as per the sending spell. The parchment instantly folds itself into a miniature nighthawk and travels through the Border Ethereal to deliver itself to the recipient on their plane of existence. The parchment nighthawk takes 1 minute to reach its recipient and is intangible while in transit: immune to all damage and conditions. The recipient can respond by writing on the parchment, which will re-fold and return itself to you, so long as they do so within 24 hours of receiving the message. The sender can choose to have the parchment nighthawk recite the message it contains aloud upon delivery, doing so in the sender’s voice.
Alternatively, you can use the quill to transport a spell scroll to a creature of your choosing. As an action, you can touch the quill to a spell scroll and expend a number of charges equal to half the spell’s level (rounded up) to transform it into a parchment nighthawk. The parchment nighthawk will deliver itself as if it were a message, and unfold to become a spell scroll again when it reaches the recipient. The nighthawk cannot be returned to the sender when used in this way.
Once a year, the ethereal nighthawk molts and leaves feathers behind. These feathers are prized for their connection to the Border Ethereal and are excellent reagents in magical items or concoctions.
