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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 9645725" data-attributes="member: 50987">(I know all character classes can use Protection scrolls; this thread is about spell scrolls.)  In my last 5E game, spell scrolls were largely ignored.  I'd like to make them more important and useful in my next campaign, and I think this might be a good way to go about it.  What do you think?The General Idea:All characters (and certain monsters) can cast spells from scrolls, with a successful Intelligence (Arcana) check.Basically: if you can read and speak, you can cast spells from scrolls.The Details:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If the spell on the scroll is a spell you can normally cast, no check is needed.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Otherwise, the DC is equal to 10 + the spell level.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The character must be able to see, and have enough light to read by.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The character must be able to speak.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The character must be holding the scroll in one hand at the start of their turn.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The casting time, duration, effect, and concentration is unchanged from the spell description.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">On a success, the scroll is consumed and the spell is cast as normal.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">On a failure, the scroll is consumed and the spell fizzles without effect (or, at the player's discretion, the character may roll on the Spell Mishap table for a random effect.)</li> </ul>Why Am I Doing This?<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I want spell scrolls to be more useful.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I want spell scrolls to be more interesting (if the player wants).</li> </ul>Potential Consequences:Bards and Wizards will be better than other non-spellcasters, thanks to their high Intelligence, their broad spell list, and/or their Jack of All Trades class feature.  I'm not sure if this is a problem, per se, but it will definitely have an effect on these character classes.It's ripe for abuse in the hands of certain players.  I can see at least one of my players cheesing the game with scrolls of Haste, for example.Others?</blockquote>

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