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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 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 cost to create the scroll is half the gold piece value of the scroll if it were bought in a store (see table above), 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. | 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 [[Spellcraft#Craft_Magic_Item|Craft Magic Item]] skill use for your Bailiwick skill. | 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 [[Spellcraft#Craft_Magic_Item|Craft Magic Item]] skill use for your Bailiwick skill. |
Revision as of 21:38, 10 September 2019
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:
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 one (i.e., (2 * spell level) - 1). The cost of scrolls at their minimum caster level can be found on the following table:
Spell Level Min. Caster Level Scroll Purchase Price 0 1 13 gp 1st 1 25 gp 2nd 3 188 gp 3rd 5 450 gp 4th 7 875 gp 5th 9 1,600 gp 6th 11 2,790 gp 7th 13 4,550 gp 8th 15 7,810 gp 9th 17 15,600 gp
Scrolls can instead be purchased higher caster levels than their minimum, up to level 35.
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 | 13 gp | 28 gp | 47 gp | 69 gp | 94 gp | 125 gp | 156 gp | 200 gp | 250 gp | 313 gp |
1st | 25 gp | 56 gp | 94 gp | 138 gp | 188 gp | 250 gp | 313 gp | 400 gp | 500 gp | 625 gp |
2nd | - | - | 188 gp | 275 gp | 375 gp | 500 gp | 625 gp | 800 gp | 1,000 gp | 1,250 gp |
3rd | - | - | - | - | 450 gp | 600 gp | 750 gp | 960 gp | 1,200 gp | 1,500 gp |
4th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 875 gp | 1,120 gp | 1,400 gp | 1,750 gp |
5th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,600 gp | 2,000 gp |
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 gp | 469 gp | 569 gp | 700 gp | 888 gp | 1,206 gp | 1,625 gp | 2,250 gp | 3,000 gp | 4,000 gp |
1st | 775 gp | 938 gp | 1,138 gp | 1,400 gp | 1,775 gp | 2,413 gp | 3,250 gp | 4,500 gp | 6,000 gp | 8,000 gp |
2nd | 1,550 gp | 1,875 gp | 2,275 gp | 2,800 gp | 3,550 gp | 4,825 gp | 6,500 gp | 9,000 gp | 12,000 gp | 16,000 gp |
3rd | 1,860 gp | 2,250 gp | 2,730 gp | 3,360 gp | 4,260 gp | 5,790 gp | 7,800 gp | 10,800 gp | 14,400 gp | 19,200 gp |
4th | 2,170 gp | 2,625 gp | 3,185 gp | 3,920 gp | 4,970 gp | 6,755 gp | 9,100 gp | 12,600 gp | 16,800 gp | 22,400 gp |
5th | 2,480 gp | 3,000 gp | 3,640 gp | 4,480 gp | 5,680 gp | 7,720 gp | 10,400 gp | 14,400 gp | 19,200 gp | 25,600 gp |
6th | 2,790 gp | 3,375 gp | 4,095 gp | 5,040 gp | 6,390 gp | 8,685 gp | 11,700 gp | 16,200 gp | 21,600 gp | 28,800 gp |
7th | - | - | 4,550 gp | 5,600 gp | 7,100 gp | 9,650 gp | 13,000 gp | 18,000 gp | 24,000 gp | 32,000 gp |
8th | - | - | - | - | 7,810 gp | 10,615 gp | 14,300 gp | 19,800 gp | 26,400 gp | 35,200 gp |
9th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15,600 gp | 21,600 gp | 28,800 gp | 38,400 gp |
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 gp | 7,125 gp | 9,438 gp | 12,500 gp | 16,250 gp | 21,875 gp | 28,750 gp | 38,750 gp | 51,250 gp | 68,125 gp |
1st | 10,625 gp | 14,250 gp | 18,875 gp | 25,000 gp | 32,500 gp | 43,750 gp | 57,500 gp | 77,500 gp | 102,500 gp | 136,250 gp |
2nd | 21,250 gp | 28,500 gp | 37,750 gp | 50,000 gp | 65,000 gp | 87,500 gp | 115,000 gp | 155,000 gp | 205,000 gp | 272,500 gp |
3rd | 25,500 gp | 34,200 gp | 45,300 gp | 60,000 gp | 78,000 gp | 105,000 gp | 138,000 gp | 186,000 gp | 246,000 gp | 327,000 gp |
4th | 29,750 gp | 39,900 gp | 52,850 gp | 70,000 gp | 91,000 gp | 122,500 gp | 161,000 gp | 217,000 gp | 287,000 gp | 381,500 gp |
5th | 34,000 gp | 45,600 gp | 60,400 gp | 80,000 gp | 104,000 gp | 140,000 gp | 184,000 gp | 248,000 gp | 328,000 gp | 436,000 gp |
6th | 38,250 gp | 51,300 gp | 67,950 gp | 90,000 gp | 117,000 gp | 157,500 gp | 207,000 gp | 279,000 gp | 369,000 gp | 490,500 gp |
7th | 42,500 gp | 57,000 gp | 75,500 gp | 100,000 gp | 130,000 gp | 175,000 gp | 230,000 gp | 310,000 gp | 410,000 gp | 545,000 gp |
8th | 46,750 gp | 62,700 gp | 83,050 gp | 110,000 gp | 143,000 gp | 192,500 gp | 253,000 gp | 341,000 gp | 451,000 gp | 599,500 gp |
9th | 51,000 gp | 68,400 gp | 90,600 gp | 120,000 gp | 156,000 gp | 210,000 gp | 276,000 gp | 372,000 gp | 492,000 gp | 654,000 gp |
Spell Level | CL 31 | CL 32 | CL 33 | CL 34 | CL 35 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
0th | 90,000 gp | 118,125 gp | 156,250 gp | 206,875 gp | 275,625 gp |
1st | 180,000 gp | 236,250 gp | 312,500 gp | 413,750 gp | 551,250 gp |
2nd | 360,000 gp | 472,500 gp | 625,000 gp | 827,500 gp | 1,102,500 gp |
3rd | 432,000 gp | 567,000 gp | 750,000 gp | 993,000 gp | 1,323,000 gp |
4th | 504,000 gp | 661,500 gp | 875,000 gp | 1,158,500 gp | 1,543,500 gp |
5th | 576,000 gp | 756,000 gp | 1,000,000 gp | 1,324,000 gp | 1,764,000 gp |
6th | 648,000 gp | 850,500 gp | 1,125,000 gp | 1,489,500 gp | 1,984,500 gp |
7th | 720,000 gp | 945,000 gp | 1,250,000 gp | 1,655,000 gp | 2,205,000 gp |
8th | 792,000 gp | 1,039,500 gp | 1,375,000 gp | 1,820,500 gp | 2,425,500 gp |
9th | 864,000 gp | 1,134,000 gp | 1,500,000 gp | 1,986,000 gp | 2,646,000 gp |
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 (see table above), 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.