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<blockquote data-quote="Dichotomy" data-source="post: 5101127" data-attributes="member: 12941">[sblock=OOC]I didn't see anything noteworthy on page 214.The interpretation from the Rules of the Game article makes sense to me.&nbsp; So, I think it makes sense to say that failure on the caster level check means that the scroll is simply not activated.&nbsp; So you can try again.As for the mishap goo, once again, I believe the rules fail to handle the English language.&nbsp; The whole thing says:&quot;If she meets all three requirements but her own caster level is lower than the scroll spell’s caster level, then she has to make a caster level check (DC = scroll’s caster level + 1) to cast the spell successfully. If she fails, she must make a DC 5 Wisdom check to avoid a mishap (see Scroll Mishaps, below). A natural roll of 1 always fails, whatever the modifiers.&quot;Is the last sentence referencing the second sentence, or does it reference the first?&nbsp; There are arguments supporting both interpretations.IN ANY CASE, a &quot;DC 5 Wisdom check&quot; means that you roll a d20, add your wisdom MODIFIER (not your wisdom score) and see if it beats 5.&nbsp; So, I think that Erd could get a mishap on numbers other than a 1.[/sblock]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dichotomy, post: 5101127, member: 12941"] [sblock=OOC]I didn't see anything noteworthy on page 214. The interpretation from the Rules of the Game article makes sense to me. So, I think it makes sense to say that failure on the caster level check means that the scroll is simply not activated. So you can try again. As for the mishap goo, once again, I believe the rules fail to handle the English language. The whole thing says: "If she meets all three requirements but her own caster level is lower than the scroll spell’s caster level, then she has to make a caster level check (DC = scroll’s caster level + 1) to cast the spell successfully. If she fails, she must make a DC 5 Wisdom check to avoid a mishap (see Scroll Mishaps, below). A natural roll of 1 always fails, whatever the modifiers." Is the last sentence referencing the second sentence, or does it reference the first? There are arguments supporting both interpretations. IN ANY CASE, a "DC 5 Wisdom check" means that you roll a d20, add your wisdom MODIFIER (not your wisdom score) and see if it beats 5. So, I think that Erd could get a mishap on numbers other than a 1.[/sblock] [/QUOTE]

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