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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mephista" data-source="post: 9823641" data-attributes="member: 6786252">No, no you do not.Chapter 7 of the PHB, page 235, makes a clear, hard-line distinction between casting with spell slots, and casting without. There's three headers under the Spell Level section- Spell Slots, Casting without Slots, and Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. Cantrips, rituals, special abilities, and magic items all are listed as non-spell-slot methods of casting spells - as SSI counts as both a special ability and a magic item, they do not have spell slots.The rule for casting using a higher level is unique to Spell Slot and Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot sections. Both very specifically state that you must use spell slots for this. And, as established, magic items, such as scrolls or SSI, do not have spell slots.While your way might be a common houserule, or assumed to be how the game works, it is not considered RAW.EDIT - another rule, this time the DMG, chapter 7, page 220.  "Some magic items allow the user to cast a spell from the item, the spell is cast at the lowest possible spell and caster level, doesn't expend any of the user's spell slots, and requires no components unless the item’s description notes otherwise." (emphasis mine)PHB, ch6, pg233, Scribing Spell Scrolls, does not reference using higher spell levels. Same with the Enspelled series of magic items, DMG p 258.</blockquote>