Casting Time of a scroll

[Hypersmurf]

Wands have a specific note that if the spell has a casting time longer than one action, it takes that long to cast the spell from a wand.

I can't find an equivalent rule for scrolls, or spell completion items in general!

Is it really a standard action to cast Blade Barrier, Raise Dead, or Identify from a scroll?

-Hyp.

 

[Destil]

DMG 175

However, the casting time the casting time of a spell is the time required in an item, weather it's a scroll, a wand or a pair of boots, unless the description specifficaly states otherwise.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Ah!

I must have looked right past it when I went to the Spell Completion Item section Thanks

So infusions are the only ones that break that rule, huh?

-Hyp.

 

[Destil]

So infusions are the only ones that break that rule, huh?

That's a who with a what, now?

 

[Hypersmurf]

Infusions, the edible divine scrolls from Masters of the Wild.

From the MotW FAQ:

If you use an infusion to hold a spell with a long casting
time, will the infusion take an equally long time to take
effect?
No. An infusion takes effect immediately when imbibed
(which requires a standard action), regardless of the spell's
casting time.

Which is a freaky bizarre ruling, but you get that from the FAQs sometimes.

-Hyp.

 

[hammymchamham]

Yes, Infusions of Call Lightning are a druids best friend.