Magic Scrolls

A scroll is a spell in written form, that contains all of the magic necessary to cast the spell within itself. As a consumable, once the spell is read aloud, the spell is cast and the scroll crumbles to dust as its magical energies are used up in the making of the spell. All spells are available in scroll form. However, Alchemist Extracts and Ranger Poultices, which are not spells, are not available as scrolls. Put another way, any spell from the following spell lists is available as a scroll:

• Bard Spells
• Cleric Spells
• Paladin Spells
• Sorcerer/Wizard Spells

Only one spell can be written in a scroll.

Sorcerers, Wizards, and Bards may transcribe the contents of a scroll into their spellbooks, as a way of learning new spells. This is done instead of reading the scroll, but still uses up the scroll in the process.

Casting a spell from a scroll that is available as a spell your character could learn from their character class(es) spell list can simply be done as a standard action. If the spell on the scroll is not available to your character class, you must make a Use Magic Device check to read the scroll successfully, versus a DC of 5 + double the caster level of the scroll.

Scrolls do not use the character or caster level of the reader, nor the reader's ability scores, feats, skills, and other class features. Only the caster level of the scroll itself matters, with regards to how powerful the spell being cast actually is.

• If a spell being cast from a scroll calls for the caster level or character level of the caster, use the caster level of the scroll instead.

• If it calls for half the caster or character level, use half the caster level of the scroll (rounding down).

• If a spell being cast from a scroll calls for the caster stat modifier of the caster, use ½ the caster level of the scroll instead (rounding down).

For example, A Fireball spell being cast from a scroll has a saving throw DC of "10 + caster stat modifier + 1/2 caster level". If the scroll has the minimum caster level of 5, then the saving throw DC of the spell being cast from the scroll would be 10 + 2 + 2 = 14.

The minimum caster level of a scroll is equal to double the spell level of the spell on the scroll minus 1 ((2 * spell level) - 1). The cost of scrolls at their minimum caster level can be found on the following table:

Spell Level	Potion Purchase Price
0	12 gp 5 sp
1st	25 gp
2nd	188 gp
3rd	450 gp
4th	875 gp
5th	1,600 gp
6th	2,790 gp
7th	4,550 gp
8th	7,810 gp
9th	15,600 gp

Scrolls can be purchased at any caster level up to level 35, as long as the caster level is at least high enough to cast the spell in question. That is, a 3rd level spell requires a minimum of caster level 5, so you cannot purchase a scroll containing a 3rd level spell with a caster level less than 5.

In most cases, scrolls available for sale in a shop will be of the minimum caster level sufficient to cast the spell, but characters can ask that scrolls be specially crafted at higher caster levels, if a creator of sufficient level can be found, who is willing to do so.

Note that not all spells benefit from a higher caster level, but most do.

Scroll Costs By Caster Level

Spell Level	CL 1	CL 2	CL 3	CL 4	CL 5	CL 6	CL 7	CL 8	CL 9	CL 10
0th	12 gp 5 sp	28	47	69	94	125	156	200	250	313
1st	25	56	94	138	188	250	313	400	500	625
2nd	-	-	188	275	375	500	625	800	1,000	1,250
3rd	-	-	-	-	450	600	750	960	1,200	1,500
4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	875	1,120	1,400	1,750
5th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,600	2,000
6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Spell Level	CL 11	CL 12	CL 13	CL 14	CL 15	CL 16	CL 17	CL 18	CL 19	CL 20
0th	388	469	569	700	888	1,206	1,625	2,250	3,000	4,000
1st	775	938	1,138	1,400	1,775	2,413	3,250	4,500	6,000	8,000
2nd	1,550	1,875	2,275	2,800	3,550	4,825	6,500	9,000	12,000	16,000
3rd	1,860	2,250	2,730	3,360	4,260	5,790	7,800	10,800	14,400	19,200
4th	2,170	2,625	3,185	3,920	4,970	6,755	9,100	12,600	16,800	22,400
5th	2,480	3,000	3,640	4,480	5,680	7,720	10,400	14,400	19,200	25,600
6th	2,790	3,375	4,095	5,040	6,390	8,685	11,700	16,200	21,600	28,800
7th	-	-	4,550	5,600	7,100	9,650	13,000	18,000	24,000	32,000
8th	-	-	-	-	7,810	10,615	14,300	19,800	26,400	35,200
9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	15,600	21,600	28,800	38,400

Spell Level	CL 21	CL 22	CL 23	CL 24	CL 25	CL 26	CL 27	CL 28	CL 29	CL 30
0th	5,313	7,125	9,438	12,500	16,250	21,875	28,750	38,750	51,250	68,125
1st	10,625	14,250	18,875	25,000	32,500	43,750	57,500	77,500	102,500	136,250
2nd	21,250	28,500	37,750	50,000	65,000	87,500	115,000	155,000	205,000	272,500
3rd	25,500	34,200	45,300	60,000	78,000	105,000	138,000	186,000	246,000	327,000
4th	29,750	39,900	52,850	70,000	91,000	122,500	161,000	217,000	287,000	381,500
5th	34,000	45,600	60,400	80,000	104,000	140,000	184,000	248,000	328,000	436,000
6th	38,250	51,300	67,950	90,000	117,000	157,500	207,000	279,000	369,000	490,500
7th	42,500	57,000	75,500	100,000	130,000	175,000	230,000	310,000	410,000	545,000
8th	46,750	62,700	83,050	110,000	143,000	192,500	253,000	341,000	451,000	599,500
9th	51,000	68,400	90,600	120,000	156,000	210,000	276,000	372,000	492,000	654,000

Spell Level	CL 31	CL 32	CL 33	CL 34	CL 35
0th	90,000	118,125	156,250	206,875	275,625
1st	180,000	236,250	312,500	413,750	551,250
2nd	360,000	472,500	625,000	827,500	1,102,500
3rd	432,000	567,000	750,000	993,000	1,323,000
4th	504,000	661,500	875,000	1,158,500	1,543,500
5th	576,000	756,000	1,000,000	1,324,000	1,764,000
6th	648,000	850,500	1,125,000	1,489,500	1,984,500
7th	720,000	945,000	1,250,000	1,655,000	2,205,000
8th	792,000	1,039,500	1,375,000	1,820,500	2,425,500
9th	864,000	1,134,000	1,500,000	1,986,000	2,646,000

Creating Magic Scrolls

If a character has the Creator (Feat), they can attempt to make their own magic scrolls, and the scroll can be any caster level up to the character level of the creator.

The creator does not need to be able to cast the spell that the scroll will be able to cast, though it certainly simplifies matters if they can. If they cannot, they must find a remnant of a tier sufficient for the caster level they are attempting (see table below), and they must find some object that is symbolic of the spell they are attempting to enchant onto the scroll. If the creator can cast the spell themselves, they do not need a remnant or a symbolic item (see? much simpler).

The cost to create the scroll is half the gold piece value of the scroll if it were bought in a store, minus the cost of the symbolic item (if any).

The time required to create a scroll is 1 day, plus 1 additional day per 10 full caster levels of the scroll (dropping fractions). This time can be modified, depending on the results of the Bailiwick skill check, but the minimum time to create a scroll is always 1 day.

Other than the time required to create a scroll, crafting a magic scroll follows the normal rules described in the Creator (Feat) page, and on the Craft Magic Item skill use for your Bailiwick skill.