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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Asisreo" data-source="post: 8175799" data-attributes="member: 7019027">Sorry, I was unclear. What I meant was that the specific text between the Basic Rules and the DMG are identical in reference to spell scroll casting times. Well, what happened is they first changed the rules that ALL spells required an action. This means that a scroll (in general) can now require a bonus action or reaction in future adventures/books without having contradictions (though it was always specific beats general anyways). Next, they changed Spell Scrolls in particular. They used to require an action regardless of the spell, and then it would work. Now, it takes the spell's normal casting time. This can be seen as both a benefit and a drawback for certain spells. For example, a spell scroll of Misty Step can still only need a bonus action rather than a whole action, but a spell scroll of Find Familiar will still need a whole hour in order to cast rather than through just an action. Of course, the main draw of spell scrolls will always be their ability to not require any components (a silent casting) while not needing to be known/prepared and no material components or spell slots required or expended.</blockquote>