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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 5521160" data-attributes="member: 6669384">Well, here's the one from the SRD:The key differences involve the range, and the type of Save involved.  Since it isn't clear which edition you're talking about, my 3.5 version may be the one in error.In all editions though, the backlash is instant and reflexive, unthinking. It comes from the spell itself, and has no intelligence to track down other responsible parties.  Note that for a non-caster using a scroll, they have to have a pretty good Use Magic Device skill, since they're trying to emulate a 17th Level Wizard, minimum, and more is better.The Will save for items would be a 22, presuming a scroll, since such items use the minimum Ability bonus needed to cast the spell, not the actual ability of the author or the person using the scroll.  A 22 isn't that hard for a lot of people when you're talking about that kind of level range.In the case of a non-caster, I'd have the backlash take out the non-caster's UMD skill, permanently, and trash any items they had that gave a skill boost.  They really aren't going to be casting any spells again.*Then* I'd have an angry entity tracking down both the author and user of that scroll. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>