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<blockquote data-quote="Raistrox" data-source="post: 6102659" data-attributes="member: 82232"><p>I made a Scribe Scroll ritual, for use with encounter powers. One is a longer version, but has more detail and a bit more complexity, the other is shorter and less complex, but not as interesting in role-playing (IMO), but I'll post them here!</p><p></p><p>First up, the long version:</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>SCRIBE SCROLL (ENCOUNTER)</strong></span></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Arcane words of power flare, burning themselves into the paper. You know that when the words are read again, the same arcane power will incinerate the paper, leaving nothing but the smell of burning parchment and the thrill of magic as it courses through your veins.</span></em></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Level: </strong>3 <strong> ComponentCost: </strong>Special</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Category: </strong>Creation<strong> MarketPrice: </strong>100 gp</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Time: </strong>2 hrs for heroic, 3 hrs forparagon, 4 hrs for epic<strong> Key Skill: </strong>Arcana, Religion (no check)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Duration: </strong>Permanent until used <strong>Special: </strong>Must be an arcane or divine caster</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">NOTE: You do not need this ritual to be able to read a scroll (see below for details), just to write your own.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> You perform this ritual to create a scroll that contains an arcane or divine encounter spell that you can personally cast (so the spell must be of your class, and your level or lower). No skill check is necessary to scribe the scroll, but you must be trained in the appropriate skill, know the language associated, and pay the component costs in Residuum. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> You may attempt to read scrolls of the same class as you, or a different class altogether. Reading a scroll takes the action from the spell description, plus a minor action to retrieve it from where it is stored (unless you had the scroll in hand already). It also helps to know the language in which the scroll is written. If you do not know the language, then a moderate Arcana or Religion check is needed to decipher the scroll before it can be read. Using the skill check in this way is a free action, but if you do not succeed, then you cannot attempt to read the scroll until you have taken a short rest. You may decipher a scroll outside of combat also, during a short or extended rest. The skill check needed to decipher outside of combat is merely an easy difficulty. Doing so negates the need to decipher the scroll in the heat of combat.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> You may read a scroll of a different class than your own, or some that are of a higher level than you are. Arcane and Divine are the referenced "categories" in this description. The easiest scrolls to use are those with spells of your own class. This type of casting will be referred to as Type I. More difficult than those basic spells are spells of a different class, but still the same category (arcane caster casting from a different arcane class, for example). This type of casting will be referred to as Type II. The most difficult scrolls to read are those that are from opposing categories (divine caster casting any arcane spell, for example). This type ofcasting will be referred to as Type III. Several things have to be in your favor for Type III casting to be possible, as described below. If a caster is a multi-class or hybrid with two of the affected classes, they are considered to be a member of both classes for all benefits.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Not all classes use scrolls. The most common arcane classes are Wizard, Warlock, Sorcerer, and Bard. The most common Divine classes are Cleric, Paladin, Invoker, and Avenger. All builds of these classes are capable of using this ritual and spell scrolls. Spell scrolls are written in a specific language. Some classes are more closely tied to a language than others. Fluency in this language will give a bonus to the skill check to read the scroll. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Following are the classes and their associated languages:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Wizard/Sorcerer: </strong>Draconic</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Warlock: </strong>Primordial</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Bard: </strong>See below</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Divine Classes: </strong>Supernal</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> If a Bard is casting a Bard spell from ascroll, he uses his native language to activate the scroll, using the guidelines below for a Type I casting. If another caster class is attempting to cast a bard spell, an initial moderate difficulty Arcana check is required to decipher the scroll.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Casting a divine spell from a scroll requires a religion skill check; casting an arcane spell from a scroll requires an arcana skill check. If you know the associated language, you get a +3 to this skill check. If you are attempting a Type I casting of your level or lower, the difficulty is moderate. For a higher level Type I spell, the difficulty is moderate with an additional +1 to the DC for every level higher the spell is above your own level. If you are attempting a Type II casting of your level or lower, the difficulty is hard. For a higher level spell, the difficulty is hard with an additional +1 to the DC for every level higher the spell is above your own level. A Type III casting is only possible with spells lower than your level. All Type III castings are attempted with a hard difficulty, with an additional +2 to the DC also. If you fail the skill check, the scroll does not function. You cannot make another attempt until you have taken an extended rest. If you fail the skill check by 5 or more, the energy of the scroll backfires, destroying the scroll and dealing 1d8 arcane damage per tier to the caster.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> The cost for a spell scroll, and the component cost to create is 10% of a permanent magic item of the same level as the spell. So, a level 2 encounter utility spell would cost 52 gp for components to write, and the same amount to buy from a seller.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raistrox, post: 6102659, member: 82232"] I made a Scribe Scroll ritual, for use with encounter powers. One is a longer version, but has more detail and a bit more complexity, the other is shorter and less complex, but not as interesting in role-playing (IMO), but I'll post them here! First up, the long version: [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][B]SCRIBE SCROLL (ENCOUNTER)[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][I][FONT=Times New Roman]Arcane words of power flare, burning themselves into the paper. You know that when the words are read again, the same arcane power will incinerate the paper, leaving nothing but the smell of burning parchment and the thrill of magic as it courses through your veins.[/FONT][/I] [FONT=Times New Roman][B]Level: [/B]3 [B] ComponentCost: [/B]Special[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][B]Category: [/B]Creation[B] MarketPrice: [/B]100 gp[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][B]Time: [/B]2 hrs for heroic, 3 hrs forparagon, 4 hrs for epic[B] Key Skill: [/B]Arcana, Religion (no check)[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][B]Duration: [/B]Permanent until used [B]Special: [/B]Must be an arcane or divine caster[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]NOTE: You do not need this ritual to be able to read a scroll (see below for details), just to write your own.[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman] You perform this ritual to create a scroll that contains an arcane or divine encounter spell that you can personally cast (so the spell must be of your class, and your level or lower). No skill check is necessary to scribe the scroll, but you must be trained in the appropriate skill, know the language associated, and pay the component costs in Residuum. [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman] You may attempt to read scrolls of the same class as you, or a different class altogether. Reading a scroll takes the action from the spell description, plus a minor action to retrieve it from where it is stored (unless you had the scroll in hand already). It also helps to know the language in which the scroll is written. If you do not know the language, then a moderate Arcana or Religion check is needed to decipher the scroll before it can be read. Using the skill check in this way is a free action, but if you do not succeed, then you cannot attempt to read the scroll until you have taken a short rest. You may decipher a scroll outside of combat also, during a short or extended rest. The skill check needed to decipher outside of combat is merely an easy difficulty. Doing so negates the need to decipher the scroll in the heat of combat. [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman] You may read a scroll of a different class than your own, or some that are of a higher level than you are. Arcane and Divine are the referenced "categories" in this description. The easiest scrolls to use are those with spells of your own class. This type of casting will be referred to as Type I. More difficult than those basic spells are spells of a different class, but still the same category (arcane caster casting from a different arcane class, for example). This type of casting will be referred to as Type II. The most difficult scrolls to read are those that are from opposing categories (divine caster casting any arcane spell, for example). This type ofcasting will be referred to as Type III. Several things have to be in your favor for Type III casting to be possible, as described below. If a caster is a multi-class or hybrid with two of the affected classes, they are considered to be a member of both classes for all benefits. [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman] Not all classes use scrolls. The most common arcane classes are Wizard, Warlock, Sorcerer, and Bard. The most common Divine classes are Cleric, Paladin, Invoker, and Avenger. All builds of these classes are capable of using this ritual and spell scrolls. Spell scrolls are written in a specific language. Some classes are more closely tied to a language than others. Fluency in this language will give a bonus to the skill check to read the scroll. [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman] Following are the classes and their associated languages:[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][B]Wizard/Sorcerer: [/B]Draconic[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][B]Warlock: [/B]Primordial[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][B]Bard: [/B]See below[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][B]Divine Classes: [/B]Supernal[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman] If a Bard is casting a Bard spell from ascroll, he uses his native language to activate the scroll, using the guidelines below for a Type I casting. If another caster class is attempting to cast a bard spell, an initial moderate difficulty Arcana check is required to decipher the scroll. [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman] Casting a divine spell from a scroll requires a religion skill check; casting an arcane spell from a scroll requires an arcana skill check. If you know the associated language, you get a +3 to this skill check. If you are attempting a Type I casting of your level or lower, the difficulty is moderate. For a higher level Type I spell, the difficulty is moderate with an additional +1 to the DC for every level higher the spell is above your own level. If you are attempting a Type II casting of your level or lower, the difficulty is hard. For a higher level spell, the difficulty is hard with an additional +1 to the DC for every level higher the spell is above your own level. A Type III casting is only possible with spells lower than your level. All Type III castings are attempted with a hard difficulty, with an additional +2 to the DC also. If you fail the skill check, the scroll does not function. You cannot make another attempt until you have taken an extended rest. If you fail the skill check by 5 or more, the energy of the scroll backfires, destroying the scroll and dealing 1d8 arcane damage per tier to the caster. [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman] The cost for a spell scroll, and the component cost to create is 10% of a permanent magic item of the same level as the spell. So, a level 2 encounter utility spell would cost 52 gp for components to write, and the same amount to buy from a seller.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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