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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zurai" data-source="post: 3674353" data-attributes="member: 52324">No, it does not use any exploits. It uses plain, simple, uninterpreted Rules As Written. Now, it's obviously overpowered and no sane DM would ever let an Archivist get his hands on such a scroll, but it's not an exploit. Generally exploiting involves jumping through hoops. An exploit way of doing this would be to track down a reasonably friendly Disciple of Thrym (which could be difficult, given that Thrym isn't exactly sociable to non-Frost Giants) and bribing them to create a scroll of it for you, using your own Scribe Scroll feat.The RAW way is to walk into a random small town and buy it from the Magic Mart, since according to the DMG item availability is only limited by town gold limits, and a 4th level scroll isn't terribly expensive.Again, I'm not advocating actually getting hold of an 8th level spell at character level 7. That's silly. I'm just offering support for your own statement that the DM and campaign setting are the major factors that limit the power of an Archivist. If your campaign is set in Podunkville-in-the-middle-of-nowhere, and your DM is strict, Archivists are vastly weaker than wizards. If you're based in a reasonably sized town with an average DM, archivists are roughly as powerful as wizards. If your campaign is set in Sigil and your DM comes to the table in a straightjacket... well, the sky's pretty much the limit.</blockquote>