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Message: <blockquote data-quote="niteshade6" data-source="post: 700577" data-attributes="member: 10320">Well it's worth noting that when you cast a spell normaly, you are also simply making the final gestures (most of the gesturing is implied to be during preparation), and they take just as much as time as the final gestures you make while using a scroll. So really I don't see any differences between casting a spell and making the last final gestures, or reading a scroll and making the last final gestures.Skip Williams rulings are generaly official, but I would hardly say they are usualy correct (except in the sense that they are correct more then 50% of the time). He makes ALOT of mistakes and questionable rulings, particularly if private e-mails that don't make the FAQ. He also contradicts himself alot. With that being said, I usualy play by his rules, because he's the best thing we have in terms of a rules judge.As for balance, I think the massive number of players in living campaigns who take a wizard level in order to benefit from shield scrolls shows the lack of balance. Gaining +7 to ac is often enough to make you unhittable. That's easily worth the minor things you give up. Of course the problem here is more the shield spell then the rule. And that's a problem that will be fixed in 3.5, which may balance things out again.</blockquote>