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<blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 6571209" data-attributes="member: 907">I don't have a wizard IMC, but if I did I'd be running it by both books.A spellbook is written in a generally understandable form. You might need to experiment a little to reach your own understanding of the spell (which is why it takes a few hours and costs a bunch of gold to transcribe a spell), but it's pretty much a sure thing.A spell scroll is something different, both greater and lesser. It is lesser, in that it does not contain the full description of how to cast and prepare the spell, mostly only the part when actually casting it. It is greater, in that the ink and paper is charged with magic that allows you to actually unleash the spell, not just prepare it. But you can't just read a spell scroll and transcribe it into your spellbook. Instead you need to essentially reverse-engineer the spell from both the limited description on the scroll itself, and from understanding the underlying magical pattern embedded into the item. Doing so requires a process that ends in the destruction of the scroll, and success is not certain.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Staffan, post: 6571209, member: 907"] I don't have a wizard IMC, but if I did I'd be running it by both books. A spellbook is written in a generally understandable form. You might need to experiment a little to reach your own understanding of the spell (which is why it takes a few hours and costs a bunch of gold to transcribe a spell), but it's pretty much a sure thing. A spell scroll is something different, both greater and lesser. It is lesser, in that it does not contain the full description of how to cast and prepare the spell, mostly only the part when actually casting it. It is greater, in that the ink and paper is charged with magic that allows you to actually unleash the spell, not just prepare it. But you can't just read a spell scroll and transcribe it into your spellbook. Instead you need to essentially reverse-engineer the spell from both the limited description on the scroll itself, and from understanding the underlying magical pattern embedded into the item. Doing so requires a process that ends in the destruction of the scroll, and success is not certain. [/QUOTE]

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