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Message: <blockquote data-quote="irdeggman" data-source="post: 1726526" data-attributes="member: 16285">No - you are reading it wrong still.What the text is saying is that spells have varying casting times (full round actions, 1 round casting times, standard action, free (for quickened spell).  And that this time is now the time it takes to activate the power in the item. That is unless the specific item states otherwise (which for scrolls it does not - it fact scrolls are specifically listed under spell completion items).  These take a standard action.  What this essentially does is for spells like summon monster (1 round casting time) the scroll makes it a standard action since the spell has been pre-cast except for the reading from the scroll (also the materials have been used in inscribing the scroll).What I'm saying is that the time it takes to activate the item determines the casting time of the spell and not vice versa.  This interpretation is consistent with the texts I have quoted while the contrary is not.</blockquote>