''A rough pen made from a section of a reed straw.''
==Usage ==To use the reed pen as a writing instrument it must be filled with [[black ink]] or any colour of [[dye]], it can hold 0.01kg 01 kg total. All 0.01kg 01 kg is used up, even if the [[Papyrus sheet#Inscribing|scribing]] action is aborted. The number of letters you can write on a sheet of [[papyrus]] is 121 + (pen QL * 2) rounded to the nearest full number.
The number of letters you can write on a sheet of [[papyrus]] is 121 + (pen QL * 2) rounded to the nearest full number.
Also used for writing [[recipes]] or [[almanac|almanac reports]] - in these cases, the pen and dye/ink quality do not matter - the whole document will be written regardless of quality.
==Notes==
The pen is also able to hold smaller items which may have zero weight or volume, such as a [[settlement|settlement deed]] and [[Bank of Wurm|coins]].