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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 1767816" data-attributes="member: 1656">Hmm?Can you quote a reference?&quot;Potions are like spells cast upon the imbiber. The character taking the potion doesn’t get to make any decisions about the effect —the caster who brewed the potion has already done so.&quot;That's clear.&nbsp; I can't find a similar reference for scrolls...?THe closest I can find is &quot;A spell successfully activated from a scroll works exactly like a spell prepared and cast the normal way&quot;... which would suggest that such parameters can be chosen at activation time.After all, choosing a target is something that is one when the spell comes into effect.&nbsp; With a potion, it's always 'You'.&nbsp; It would seem fairly useless to have a Scroll of Magic Missile that can only target &quot;Bob the Blacksmith&quot; when you're facing an evil Necromancer, or a scroll of Fireball centred on a spot &quot;fifty feet to the east&quot; when the horde of goblins are a hundred feet to the north...-Hyp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 1767816, member: 1656"] Hmm? Can you quote a reference? "Potions are like spells cast upon the imbiber. The character taking the potion doesn’t get to make any decisions about the effect —the caster who brewed the potion has already done so." That's clear. I can't find a similar reference for scrolls...? THe closest I can find is "A spell successfully activated from a scroll works exactly like a spell prepared and cast the normal way"... which would suggest that such parameters can be chosen at activation time. After all, choosing a target is something that is one when the spell comes into effect. With a potion, it's always 'You'. It would seem fairly useless to have a Scroll of Magic Missile that can only target "Bob the Blacksmith" when you're facing an evil Necromancer, or a scroll of Fireball centred on a spot "fifty feet to the east" when the horde of goblins are a hundred feet to the north... -Hyp. [/QUOTE]

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