Scriptorium

Source: Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024), page 346. Creator: Wizards of the Coast / D&D Studio.

Quick Reference

FieldValue
Facility typespecial
Required level9
Spaceroomy
Hirelings1
Bastion ordercraft
PrerequisiteNone.

Rules Text

A Scriptorium contains desks and writing supplies.

Craft Options

When you issue the Craft order to this facility, choose one of the following options:

  • Craft:: Book Replica. You commission the facility’s hireling to make a copy of a nonmagical Book. Doing so requires a blank book. The work takes 7 days.

  • Craft:: Spell Scroll. You commission the facility’s hireling to scribe a Spell Scroll containing one Cleric or Wizard spell of level 3 or lower. The facility has the necessary Calligrapher’s Supplies, and the hireling meets all the prerequisites needed to scribe the scroll. The ā€œCrafting Equipmentā€ section in the Player’s Handbook specifies the time needed to scribe the scroll and the cost of the scroll, which you must pay.

  • Craft:: Paperwork. You commission the facility’s hireling to create up to fifty copies of a broadsheet, a pamphlet, or another loose-leaf paper product. The work takes 7 days and costs you 1 GP per copy. At no additional cost in time or money, the facility’s hireling can distribute the paperwork to one or more locations within 50 miles of your Bastion.

Balance Notes

  • Compare this facility against other 9-level facilities before allowing homebrew upgrades.
  • Keep the listed Bastion order as the primary action loop; additional benefits should usually be narrative, temporary, or gated by downtime.
  • If this facility grants creatures, information, resources, crafted items, or empowerment, keep those outputs tied to Bastion turns rather than free adventuring actions.