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#1 daedel May 28, 2015 14:04:01	I cannot find Arcane Mark (or similar spell, that allows the caster to leave a mark in a surface), not even under Thaumaturgy spell.   Is it hiidden anywhere and I cannot find it? Or doesn't exist at all? (yet)
#2 AaronOfBarbaria May 28, 2015 14:08:10	It is part of the prestidigitation cantrip, but is not a permanent effect.   Is there a particular reason you want such a spell?
#3 daedel May 28, 2015 14:13:32	Ahh, look where it is, thank you Aaron.   One of my players is going to play a wizard and asked for it. For no particular reason tbh. Made us waste part of the afternoon looking for it until we gave up and selected other spells.
#4 mellored May 28, 2015 14:45:40	you could use chaulk, a dagger, or magic mouth.
#5 Tempest_Stormwind May 28, 2015 15:57:23	One of the more interesting properties of the true arcane mark from previous editions was that it was unique to the mage casting it - in effect, it couldn't be forged. Eberron notaries used this property from the ground up - arcane marked documents allowed for secure exchange of information, ensuring that orders didn't come from a false source, and as the foundation for a large banking industry, among other things. (They applied similar measures, along with some basic behind-the-scenes cryptography, for other communication measures, like Sending. But the lowly arcane mark was quite the workhorse.) It could be forged or fooled by high-level characters or villains - but these are expressly rare in Eberron.   You can't achieve any of that with chalk or a dagger, nor Magic Mouth (though it comes closer). A non-permanent mark is easier to justfy - Eberron made frequent use of dragonshard items to bend magic's rules just a little bit, usually making it cheaper or slightly more frequent for certain families, and "the mark function of Prestidigitation lasts forever" is a simple enough rule-bend to fit under that category.
#6 jaelis May 28, 2015 16:10:34	It would be a good ritual spell, anyway. Easy enough to houserule.
#7 lawrencehoy May 28, 2015 21:49:22	jaelis wrote:
(Reply to #7) AaronOfBarbaria	lawrencehoy wrote:
#9 lawrencehoy May 28, 2015 23:48:07	AaronOfBarbaria wrote:
#10 jaelis May 29, 2015 5:38:13	Could be a non-consumed component, base the price on how rare you want the marks to be.
#11 lawrencehoy May 31, 2015 5:11:17	jaelis wrote: