Scrolls

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Scrolls

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Scrolls

A spell on a scroll can be used only once. The writing vanishes from the scroll when the spell is activated. Using a scroll is basically like casting a spell.

Physical description

A scroll has an AC of 9, 1 hit point, a hardness of 0, and a break DC of 8.

Activation

To activate a scroll, a spellcaster must read the spell written on it. Doing so involves several steps and conditions.

Decipher the Writing: The writing on a scroll must be deciphered before a character can use it or know exactly what spell it contains. This requires a read magic spell or a successful Spellcraft check (DC 20 + spell level). Deciphering a scroll to determine its contents does not activate its magic unless it is a specially prepared cursed scroll. A character can decipher the writing on a scroll in advance so that he or she can proceed directly to the next step when the time comes to use the scroll.
Activate the Spell: Activating a scroll requires reading the spell from the scroll. The character must be able to see and read the writing on the scroll. Activating a scroll spell requires no material components or focus. (The creator of the scroll provided these when scribing the scroll.) Note that some spells are effective only when cast on an item or items. In such a case, the scroll user must provide the item when activating the spell. Activating a scroll spell is subject to disruption just as casting a normally prepared spell would be.

To have any chance of activating a scroll spell, the caster must meet the following requirements:

The spell must be of the correct type (arcane or divine). Arcane spellcasters cannot cast divine spells from a scroll, nor can divine spellcasters cast arcane spells in this manner.
The user must have the spell on his or her class list.
The user must have the requisite ability score.

If the user meets all the requirements noted above, and the user's caster level is at least equal to the spell's caster level, the user can automatically activate the spell without a check. If the character meets all three requirements but his or her own caster level is lower than the scroll spell's caster level, then the character has to make a caster level check (DC = scroll's caster level + 1) to cast the spell successfully. If the character fails, he or she must make a Wisdom check (DC 5) to avoid a mishap (see Scroll Mishaps, below). A natural roll of 1 always fails, whatever the modifiers.

Determine effect

A spell successfully activated from a scroll works exactly like a spell prepared and cast the normal way. Assume the scroll spell's caster level is always the minimum level required to cast the spell for the character who scribed the scroll (usually twice the spell's level, minus 1), unless the caster specifically desires otherwise.
The writing for an activated spell disappears from the scroll.

Scroll mishaps

In a mishap, the spell on the scroll has a reversed or harmful effect. The DM determines what sort of mishap occurs, with a surge of uncontrolled magic energy that deals 1d6 points of damage per spell level being the default.

Scroll Spell Levels

Minor	Medium	Major	Spell Level	Spell's Caster Level*
01-50	-	-	1st	1st
51-95	01-05	-	2nd	3rd
96-100	06-65	-	3rd	5th
-	66-95	01-05	4th	7th
-	96-100	06-50	5th	9th
-	-	51-70	6th	11th
-	-	71-85	7th	13th
-	-	86-95	8th	15th
-	-	95-100	9th	17th

*These numbers assume that the creator is a cleric, druid, or wizard.

1st-Level Arcane Spells

d%	Spell	Market Price
01-05	Burning hands	25 gp
06-10	Change self	25 gp
11-15	Charm person	25 gp
16-18	Color spray	25 gp
19-22	Detect secret doors	25 gp
23-25	Detect undead	25 gp
26-28	Enlarge	25 gp
29-31	Erase	25 gp
32-36	Feather fall	25 gp
37-39	Grease	25 gp
40-44	Identify	125 gp
45-47	Jump	25 gp
48-51	Mage armor	25 gp
52-54	Magic weapon	25 gp
55-57	Mount	25 gp
58-60	Ray of enfeeblement	25 gp
61-63	Reduce	25 gp
64-66	Shield	25 gp
67-69	Shocking grasp	25 gp
70-73	Silent image	25 gp
74-78	Sleep	25 gp
79-81	Spider climb	25 gp
82-84	Summon monster I	25 gp
85-87	Floating disk	25 gp
88-92	Unseen servant	25 gp
93-95	Ventriloquism	25 gp
96-100	DM's choice of any 1st-level arcane spell	-

2nd-Level Arcane Spells

d%	Spell	Market Price
01-03	Arcane lock	175 gp
04-08	Blindness/deafness	150 gp
09-13	Blur	150 gp
14-18	Bull's strength	150 gp
19-22	Cat's grace	150 gp
23-25	Darkvision	150 gp
26-30	Detect thoughts	150 gp
31-33	Flaming sphere	150 gp
34-38	Invisibility	150 gp
39-41	Knock	150 gp
42-46	Levitate	150 gp
47-51	Locate object	150 gp
52-54	Acid arrow	150 gp
55-59	Minor image	150 gp
60-64	Mirror image	150 gp
65-69	Misdirection	150 gp
70-72	Protection from arrows	150 gp
73-77	See invisibility	150 gp
78-80	Spectral hand	150 gp
81-83	Stinking cloud	150 gp
84-87	Summon monster II	150 gp
88-92	Summon swarm	150 gp
93-95	Web	150 gp
96-100	DM's choice of any 2nd-level arcane spell	-

3rd-Level Arcane Spells

d%	Spell	Market Price
01-05	Blink	375 gp
06-10	Clairaudience/clairvoyance	375 gp
11-15	Dispel magic	375 gp
16-20	Displacement	375 gp
21-25	Fireball	375 gp
26-28	Flame arrow	375 gp
29-31	Fly	375 gp
32-33	Gaseous form	375 gp
34-36	Greater magic weapon	375 gp
37-39	Halt undead	375 gp
40-42	Haste	375 gp
43-45	Hold person	375 gp
46-47	Invisibility sphere	375 gp
48-53	Lightning bolt	375 gp
54	Magic circle against chaos	375 gp
55	Magic circle against evil	375 gp
56	Magic circle against good	375 gp
57	Magic circle against law	375 gp
58-60	Nondetection	425 gp
61-65	Slow	375 gp
66-70	Spectral hand	375 gp
71-75	Suggestion	375 gp
76-79	Summon monster III	375 gp
80-84	Tongues	375 gp
85-87	Vampiric touch	375 gp
88-90	Water breathing	375 gp
91-100	DM's choice of any 3rd-level arcane spell	-

4th-Level Arcane Spells

d%	Spell	Market Price
01-05	Charm monster	700 gp
06-10	Confusion	700 gp
11-15	Contagion	700 gp
16-20	Detect scrying	700 gp
21-23	Dimensional anchor	700 gp
24-28	Dimension door	700 gp
29-33	Emotion	700 gp
34-36	Enervation	700 gp
37-39	Black tentacles	700 gp
40-44	Fear	700 gp
45-47	Fire shield	700 gp
48-50	Ice storm	700 gp
51-55	Improved invisibility	700 gp
56-58	Lesser geas	700 gp
59-64	Minor globe of invulnerability	700 gp
65-67	Phantasmal killer	700 gp
68-70	Polymorph other	700 gp
71-73	Polymorph self	700 gp
74-76	Remove curse	700 gp
77-79	Shadow conjuration	700 gp
80-82	Stoneskin	950 gp
83-84	Summon monster IV	700 gp
85-87	Wall of fire	700 gp
88-90	Wall of ice	700 gp
91-100	DM's choice of any 4th-level arcane spell	-

5th-Level Arcane Spells

d%	Spell	Market Price
01-04	Interposing hand	1,125 gp
05-08	Cloudkill	1,125 gp
09-13	Cone of cold	1,125 gp
14-17	Dismissal	1,125 gp
18-21	Dominate person	1,125 gp
22-24	Feeblemind	1,125 gp
25-27	Greater shadow conjuration	1,125 gp
28-31	Hold monster	1,125 gp
32-35	Major creation	1,125 gp
36-40	Mind fog	1,125 gp
41-44	Passwall	1,125 gp
45-49	Persistent image	1,125 gp
50-53	Shadow evocation	1,125 gp
54-56	Stone shape	1,125 gp
57-60	Summon monster V	1,125 gp
61-64	Telekinesis	1,125 gp
65-69	Teleport	1,125 gp
70-73	Transmute mud to rock	1,125 gp
74-77	Transmute rock to mud	1,125 gp
78-81	Wall of force	1,125 gp
82-86	Wall of iron	1,175 gp
87-90	Wall of stone	1,125 gp
91-100	DM's choice of any 5th-level arcane spell	-

6th-Level Arcane Spells

d%	Spell	Market Price
01-04	Acid fog	1,650 gp
05-07	Analyze dweomer	1,650 gp
08-11	Antimagic field	1,650 gp
12-15	Forceful hand	1,650 gp
16-19	Chain lightning	1,650 gp
20-23	Circle of death	2,150 gp
24-26	Control water	1,650 gp
27-30	Disintegrate	1,650 gp
31-33	Eyebite	1,650 gp
34-37	Flesh to stone	1,650 gp
38-41	Globe of invulnerability	1,650 gp
42-45	Greater shadow evocation	1,650 gp
46-49	Mass suggestion	1,650 gp
50-52	Mislead	1,650 gp
53-57	Move earth	1,650 gp
58-61	Freezing sphere	1,650 gp
62-65	Programmed image	1,650 gp
66-70	Project image	1,650 gp
71-75	Repulsion	1,650 gp
76-78	Shades	1,650 gp
79-82	Stone to flesh	1,650 gp
83-86	Summon monster VI	1,650 gp
87-90	True seeing	1,900 gp
91-100	DM's choice of any 6th-level arcane spell	-

7th-Level Arcane Spells

d%	Spell	Market Price
01-05	Grasping hand	2,275 gp
06-10	Control undead	2,275 gp
11-15	Delayed blast fireball	2,275 gp
16-20	Ethereal jaunt	2,275 gp
21-25	Finger of death	2,275 gp
26-30	Forcecage	3,775 gp
31-35	Limited wish	3,775 gp*
36-40	Mass invisibility	2,275 gp
41-45	Sword	2,275 gp
46-50	Power word, stun	2,275 gp
51-55	Prismatic spray	2,275 gp
56-60	Reverse gravity	2,275 gp
61-65	Sequester	2,275 gp
66-70	Spell turning	2,275 gp
71-75	Summon monster VII	2,275 gp
76-80	Teleport without error	2,275 gp
81-85	Vanish	2,275 gp
86-90	Vision	3,025 gp
91-100	DM's choice of any 7th-level arcane spell	-

*-Assumes no material component cost in excess of 1,000 gp and no XP cost in excess of 300 XP.

8th-Level Arcane Spells

d%	Spell	Market Price
01-03	Antipathy	3,000 gp
04-08	Clenched fist	3,000 gp
09-13	Clone	4,000 gp
14-18	Demand	3,000 gp
19-23	Horrid wilting	3,000 gp
24-28	Incendiary cloud	3,000 gp
29-33	Mass charm	3,000 gp
34-38	Maze	3,000 gp
39-43	Mind blank	3,000 gp
44-48	Telekinetic sphere	3,000 gp
49-53	Irresistible dance	3,000 gp
54-58	Polymorph any object	3,000 gp
59-63	Power word, blind	3,000 gp
64-68	Prismatic wall	3,000 gp
69-73	Protection from spells	3,500 gp
74-78	Screen	3,000 gp
79-83	Summon monster VIII	3,000 gp
84-88	Sunburst	3,000 gp
89-90	Sympathy	4,500 gp
91-100	DM's choice of any 8th-level arcane spell	-

9th-Level Arcane Spells

d%	Spell	Market Price
01-07	Crushing hand	3,825 gp
08-14	Energy drain	3,825 gp
15-21	Imprisonment	3,825 gp
22-28	Meteor swarm	3,825 gp
29-35	Disjunction	3,825 gp
43-49	Prismatic sphere	3,825 gp
50-56	Shapechange	3,825 gp
57-63	Summon monster IX	3,825 gp
64-69	Time stop	3,825 gp
70-76	Wail of the banshee	3,825 gp
77-83	Weird	3,825 gp
84-90	Wish	28,825 gp*
91-100	DM's choice of any 9th-level arcane spell	-

*-Assumes no material component cost in excess of 10,000 gp and no XP cost in excess of 5,000 XP.

1st-Level Divine Spells

d%	Spell	Market Price
01-05	Bless	25 gp
06-10	Calm animals	25 gp
11-14	Command	25 gp
15-19	Cure light wounds	25 gp
20-22	Detect chaos	25 gp
23-25	Detect evil	25 gp
26-28	Detect good	25 gp
29-31	Detect law	25 gp
32-34	Detect snares and pits	25 gp
35-39	Doom	25 gp
40-44	Entangle	25 gp
43-49	Faerie fire	25 gp
50-54	Inflict light wounds	25 gp
55-59	Invisibility to animals	25 gp
60-64	Invisibility to undead	25 gp
65-67	Magic fang	25 gp
68-70	Magic stone	25 gp
71-73	Magic weapon	25 gp
74-77	Sanctuary	25 gp
78-82	Shillelagh	25 gp
83-86	Summon monster I	25 gp
87-90	Summon nature's ally I	25 gp
91-100	DM's choice of any 1st-level divine spell	-

2nd-Level Divine Spells

d%	Spell	Market Price
01-05	Aid	150 gp
06-10	Augury	150 gp
11-15	Barkskin	150 gp
16-20	Bull's strength	150 gp
21-25	Charm person or animal	150 gp
26-28	Chill metal	150 gp
29-31	Cure moderate wounds	150 gp
32-36	Delay poison	150 gp
37-39	Flame blade	150 gp
40-42	Flaming sphere	150 gp
43-47	Heat metal	150 gp
48-50	Hold animal	150 gp
51-55	Hold person	150 gp
56-58	Inflict moderate wounds	150 gp
59-63	Lesser restoration	150 gp
64-67	Silence	150 gp
68-70	Speak with animals	150 gp
71-75	Spiritual weapon	150 gp
76-79	Summon monster II	150 gp
80-83	Summon nature's ally II	150 gp
84-85	Summon swarm	150 gp
86-90	Undetectable alignment	150 gp
91-100	DM's choice of any 2nd-level divine spell	-

3rd-Level Divine Spells

d%	Spell	Market Price
01-02	Call lightning	375 gp
03-09	Cure serious wounds	375 gp
10-13	Dispel magic	375 gp
14-15	Dominate animal	375 gp
16-17	Greater magic fang	375 gp
18-19	Inflict serious wounds	375 gp
20-22	Invisibility purge	375 gp
23-26	Locate object	375 gp
27-28	-Magic circle against chaos	375 gp
29-30	Magic circle against evil	375 gp
31-32	-Magic circle against good	375 gp
33-34	Magic circle against law	375 gp
35-38	Negative energy protection	375 gp
39-41	Neutralize poison	375 gp
42-43	Plant growth	375 gp
44-46	Prayer	375 gp
47-51	Protection from elements	375 gp
52-53	-Remove blindness/deafness	375 gp
54-56	Remove curse	375 gp
57-59	Remove disease	375 gp
60-62	Searing light	375 gp
63-65	Speak with dead	375 gp
66-67	Spike growth	375 gp
68-72	Stone shape	375 gp
73-75	Summon monster III	375 gp
76-78	Summon nature's ally III	375 gp
79-80	Water breathing	375 gp
81-90	Water walk	375 gp
91-100	DM's choice of any 3rd-level divine spell	-

4th-Level Divine Spells

d%	Spell	Market Price
01-02	Antiplant shell	700 gp
03-05	Control water	700 gp
06-12	Cure critical wounds	700 gp
13-19	Discern lies	700 gp
20-24	Dispel magic	700 gp
25-27	Divine power	700 gp
28-34	Flame strike	700 gp
35-41	Freedom of movement	700 gp
42-47	Giant vermin	700 gp
48-50	Greater magic weapon	700 gp
51-53	Inflict critical wounds	700 gp
54-55	Lesser planar ally	700 gp
56-62	Neutralize poison	700 gp
63-66	Quench	700 gp
67-68	Restoration	800 gp
69-71	Rusting grasp	700 gp
72-74	Spell immunity	700 gp
75-76	Spike stones	700 gp
77-80	Summon monster IV	700 gp
81-82	Summon nature's ally IV	700 gp
83-90	Tongues	700 gp
91-100	DM's choice of any 4th-level divine spell	-

5th-Level Divine Spells

d%	Spell	Market Price
01-07	Break enchantment	1,125 gp
08-13	Commune	1,625 gp
14-15	Control winds	1,125 gp
16-22	Cure critical wounds	1,125 gp
23-26	Dispel evil	1,125 gp
27-29	Dispel good	1,125 gp
30-35	Flame strike	1,125 gp
36-38	Greater command	1,125 gp
39-40	Hallow	6,125 gp*
41-43	Healing circle	1,125 gp
44-45	Ice storm	1,125 gp
46-50	Insect plague	1,125 gp
51-57	Raise dead	1,625 gp
58-60	Righteous might	1,125 gp
61-63	Slay living	1,125 gp
64-65	Spell resistance	1,125 gp
66-67	Summon monster V	1,125 gp
68-69	Summon nature's ally V	1,125 gp
70-72	Transmute rock to mud	1,125 gp
73-74	True seeing	1,375 gp
75	Unhallow	6,125 gp*
76-78	Wall of fire	1,125 gp
79-80	Wall of stone	1,125 gp
81-90	Wall of thorns	1,125 gp
91-100	DM's choice of any 5th-level divine spell	-

*-Allows for up to a 4th-level spell to be tied to the hallowed or unhallowed area.

6th-Level Divine Spells

d%	Spell	Market Price
01-08	Antilife shell	1,650 gp
09-14	Blade barrier	1,650 gp
15-19	Find the path	1,650 gp
20-23	Fire seeds	1,650 gp
24-28	Geas/Quest	1,650 gp
29-34	Harm	1,650 gp
35-41	Heal	1,650 gp
42-47	Heroes' feast	1,650 gp
48-55	Planar ally	1,650 gp
56-57	Repel wood	1,650 gp
58-60	Stone tell	1,650 gp
61-68	Summon monster VI	1,650 gp
69-71	Transport via plants	1,650 gp
72-77	Wall of stone	1,650 gp
78-80	Wind walk	1,650 gp
81-90	Word of recall	1,650 gp
91-100	DM's choice of any 6th-level divine spell	-

7th-Level Divine Spells

d%	Spell	Market Price
01-11	Control weather	2,275 gp
12-18	Creeping doom	2,275 gp
19-25	Destruction	2,275 gp
26-32	Dictum	2,275 gp
33-36	Fire storm	2,275 gp
37-40	Greater restoration	4,775 gp
41-47	Holy word	2,275 gp
48-54	Regenerate	2,275 gp
55-61	Repulsion	2,275 gp
62-68	Resurrection	2,775 gp
69-72	Summon monster VII	2,275 gp
73-76	Transmute metal to wood	2,275 gp
77-80	True seeing	2,525 gp
81-90	Word of chaos	2,275 gp
91-100	DM's choice of any 7th-level divine spell	-

8th-Level Divine Spells

d%	Spell	Market Price
01-06	Antimagic field	3,000 gp
07-12	Creeping doom