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Originally Posted by vicky_molokh
Greetings, all!
Several Influence Skills are fully effective through text. They can even get an extra +2 from Calligraphy. However, RAW doesn't say anything specific about another factor that can affect the persuasiveness of a letter: the amount of time/effort spent on composing it. As in, what is the default time required to write a letter that counts as an unmodified Influence Attempt? Does Time Spent affect the skills in the usual way, or should there be a custom progression?
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It's going to take a varying amount of time depending on how long the letter has to be, both to explain the request and to make the minimal socially required courtesies of the era. It's like asking, "How much does a book cost?"
Bill Stoddard