Casting higher Spells from Scroll

[Horrendos]

Hiho,

i would like to know how a Wizard can cast a higher scroll.
For Example he is lvl 1 and would like to use a scroll which a lvl9 wizard has crafted (Magic Missile). Does he make 5w4+5 (because lvl9 = 5 missiles)?
And the same question with a higher spell which requires also a higher Int. Is he able to cast it if he dont have the needed INT?

 

[Thanee]

This is all explained in the chapter about scrolls in the DMG.

The caster level is that of the scroll, not that of the wizard, so yes 5d4+5.
If the wizard's caster level is too low, he has to make a check to make it work.
If the wizard's Int is too low (in the case of a 1st level spell 10 or lower, which is quite unlikely ), then he cannot cast it.

Bye
Thanee

 

[masternone]

The caster level check for spell with higher caster level than the scroll reader is:

the caster level of the scroll + 1

so for the magic missle scroll with a caster level of 9 the DC of the caster level check would be 10