niteshade6
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Check on page 175 of the DMG, under spell completion items.
niteshade6 said:Well it does certainly say you need to make the final gestures, which is exactly what somatic components are.
The biggest unbalancing factor of having no arcane failure with scrolls is that it makes it extremely attractive for any character to take a level of wizard in order to read shield scrolls. In Living Greyhawk, I've lost track of how many characters of seen who took a level of wizard after the no arcane spell failure on scrolls rule was made, and it makes them MUCH more powerful.
In 3.5 that may balance out though with shield being balanced alot more.
Funny... my recollection from my readings on this board is that Skip's ruling [edit] on this matter [/edit] is generally considered to be correct.niteshade6 said:Yep that's the Skip Williams ruling I was refering to. Generaly considered to be wrong, but still official.
The rules are pretty clear... arcane failure penalty applies to casting spells. Activating a scroll is NOT the same thing as casting a spell. Skip's got it right.