Question about the Erase Spell

[Stalker0]

No ones every used this one so its never come up, until now. The description says you can erase the writings of a scroll or up to two pieces of paper. But can you erase less than that, perhaps only one line of the scroll or paper?

 

[Stalker0]

bump, anyone got an answer on this one?

 

[Mr Fidgit]

just as a disclaimer, i have never seen anyone use or even learn erase. having said that....

since the spells says, "up to two pages", it infers that the amount of writing erased can be controled. but, there are rolls associated with the erasing, so i would say:

'nonmagical writing automatically erased if you touch them' (as per the spell, even specific lines)

"Otherwise, the chance is 90%." ( i would lower this to note the precision of the spellcasting, based on the situation, as much as 20%)

"magic writing must be touched, and you must roll 15+ on a caster level check" (i would raise this to 20+ and/or raise the miss chance from a natural 1 or 2 to 1 thru 4)

just some thoughts....

 

[Stalker0]

Yeah I have a rogue who was thikning of using it to erase bits of text from a king's command, and then rewriting a few key words with his forgery. I though it was a good idea, and the only reason I've ever heard to use erase unless you like losing scrolls.

 

[skymage]

once a bad guy used erase to remove a key spell from my spell book.
i didn't find out till the next time i tried to prepare that spell. i thought it was kind of creative of the dm to do that after all almost all of his traps would have been nothing if i just levitated over them and the bad guy did know what was in my spell book (long story).

 

[Number47]

I would actually think the spell you need for this is secret page, but no spell jumps off the page as being exactly what you want. If I was the DM, though, I would probably allow this use of erase because I'm an old softie.

 

[Kershek]

Erase is also very useful for getting rid of glyphs.