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 “Crafting Equipment” 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.