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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 1690615" data-attributes="member: 545">I stand corrected.  Thank you, Caliban, Hypersmurf.The 3.5 way of doing things has interesting pros and cons.Pro: If you find, say, a scroll of Meteor Swarm, the Rogue can attempt to use it with no possible downside except the loss of his Action.  A mid-level Wizard would not dare attempt to use the scroll at all...Con: You are less likely to successfully get the scroll to function in combat.  If I roll lousy at my caster level (3.0) I still had a pretty good shot of getting the scroll to work correctly -- just like a low level caster.Overall I like the 3.0 way of doing things better.  It gives the Rogue a much better chance of success on the more common scrolls, while exposing him to more risk than a wizard/cleric of similar level.</blockquote>