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MAGIC ITEMS IV (SCROLLS, STAFFS, & WANDS)

SCROLLS
A scroll is a spell (or collection of spells) that has been stored in written form. A spell on a scroll can be used only once. The writing vanishes from the scroll when the spell is activated. Using a scroll is basically like casting a spell.
Physical Description: A scroll is a heavy sheet of fine vellum or high-quality paper. An area about 8 1/2 inches wide and 11 inches long is sufficient to hold one spell. The sheet is reinforced at the top and bottom with strips of leather slightly longer than the sheet is wide. A scroll holding more than one spell has the same width (about 8 1/2 inches) but is an extra foot or so long for each extra spell. Scrolls that hold three or more spells are usually fitted with reinforcing rods at each end rather than simple strips of leather. A scroll has AC 9, 1 hit point, hardness 0, and a break DC of 8.
To protect it from wrinkling or tearing, a scroll is rolled up from both ends to form a double cylinder. (This also helps the user unroll the scroll quickly.) The scroll is placed in a tube of ivory, jade, leather, metal, or wood. Most scroll cases are inscribed with magic symbols which often identify the owner or the spells stored on the scrolls inside. The symbols often hide magic traps.
Activation: To activate a scroll, a spellcaster must read the spell written on it. Doing so involves several steps and conditions.
Decipher the Writing: The writing on a scroll must be deciphered before a character can use it or know exactly what spell it contains. This requires a read magic spell or a successful Spellcraft check (DC 20 + spell level).
Deciphering a scroll to determine its contents does not activate its magic unless it is a specially prepared cursed scroll. A character can decipher the writing on a scroll in advance so that he or she can proceed directly to the next step when the time comes to use the scroll.
Activate the Spell: Activating a scroll requires reading the spell from the scroll. The character must be able to see and read the writing on the scroll. Activating a scroll spell requires no material components or focus. (The creator of the scroll provided these when scribing the scroll.) Note that some spells are effective only when cast on an item or items. In such a case, the scroll user must provide the item when activating the spell. Activating a scroll spell is subject to disruption just as casting a normally prepared spell would be. Using a scroll is like casting a spell for purposes of arcane spell failure chance.
To have any chance of activating a scroll spell, the scroll user must meet the following requirements.
• The spell must be of the correct type (arcane or divine). Arcane spellcasters (wizards, sorcerers, and bards) can only use scrolls containing arcane spells, and divine spellcasters (clerics, druids, paladins, and rangers) can only use scrolls containing divine spells. (The type of scroll a character creates is also determined by his or her class.)
• The user must have the spell on his or her class list.
• The user must have the requisite ability score.
If the user meets all the requirements noted above, and her caster level is at least equal to the spell’s caster level, she can automatically activate the spell without a check. 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.
Determine Effect: A spell successfully activated from a scroll works exactly like a spell prepared and cast the normal way. Assume the scroll spell’s caster level is always the minimum level required to cast the spell for the character who scribed the scroll (usually twice the spell’s level, minus 1), unless the caster specifically desires otherwise.
The writing for an activated spell disappears from the scroll.
Scroll Mishaps: When a mishap occurs, the spell on the scroll has a reversed or harmful effect. Possible mishaps are given below.
• A surge of uncontrolled magical energy deals 1d6 points of damage per spell level to the scroll user.
• Spell strikes the scroll user or an ally instead of the intended target, or a random target nearby if the scroll user was the intended recipient.
• Spell takes effect at some random location within spell range.
• Spell’s effect on the target is contrary to the spell’s normal effect.
• The scroll user suffers some minor but bizarre effect related to the spell in some way. Most such effects should last only as long as the original spell’s duration, or 2d10 minutes for instantaneous spells.
• Some innocuous item or items appear in the spell’s area.
• Spell has delayed effect. Sometime within the next 1d12 hours, the spell activates. If the scroll user was the intended recipient, the spell takes effect normally. If the user was not the intended recipient, the spell goes off in the general direction of the original recipient or target, up to the spell’s maximum range, if the target has moved away.
Several arcane spells are different in level for sorcerers and wizards than they are for bards. Such spells appear on the table at the level appropriate to a sorcerer or wizard (considered the default because bards typically don’t involve themselves
in scribing scrolls).
Likewise, some divine spells are different in level for clerics and druids than they are for paladins and rangers. Such spells appear at the level appropriate to a cleric or druid (considered the default because paladins and rangers typically don’t involve themselves in scribing scrolls).
If a divine spell is cast at different levels by clerics and druids, it appears at the level appropriate to a cleric (considered the default choice between clerics and druids).
Many spells are either arcane or divine, depending on the class of the caster. Such spells appear on both lists at the level appropriate to the class of the arcane or divine caster.

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Table: Arcane Spell Scrolls
0-Level Arcane Spells
d%	Spell	Market Price
01–04	acid splash	12 gp 5 sp
05–08	arcane mark	12 gp 5 sp
09–13	dancing lights	12 gp 5 sp
14–17	daze	12 gp 5 sp
18–24	detect magic	12 gp 5 sp
25–28	detect poison	12 gp 5 sp
29–32	disrupt undead	12 gp 5 sp
33–37	flare	12 gp 5 sp
38–42	ghost sound	12 gp 5 sp
43–44	know direction	12 gp 5 sp
45–50	light	12 gp 5 sp
51–52	lullaby	12 gp 5 sp
53–57	mage hand	12 gp 5 sp
58–62	mending	12 gp 5 sp
63–67	message	12 gp 5 sp
68–72	open/close	12 gp 5 sp
73–77	prestidigitation	12 gp 5 sp
78–81	ray of frost	12 gp 5 sp
82–87	read magic	12 gp 5 sp
88–94	resistance	12 gp 5 sp
95–96	summon instrument	12 gp 5 sp
97–100	touch of fatigue	12 gp 5 sp
1st-Level Arcane Spells
d%	Spell	Market Price
01–03	alarm	25 gp
04–05	animate rope	25 gp
06–07	burning hands	25 gp
08–09	cause fear	25 gp
10–12	charm person	25 gp
13–14	chill touch	25 gp
15–16	color spray	25 gp
17–19	comprehend languages	25 gp
20	confusion, lesser	50 gp
21	cure light wounds	50 gp
22–24	detect secret doors	25 gp
25–26	detect undead	25 gp
27–29	disguise self	25 gp
30–32	endure elements	25 gp
33–35	enlarge person	25 gp
36–37	erase	25 gp
38–40	expeditious retreat	25 gp
41	feather fall	25 gp
42–43	grease	25 gp
44–45	hold portal	25 gp
46–47	hypnotism	25 gp
48–49	identify	125 gp
50–51	jump	25 gp
52–54	mage armor	25 gp
55–56	magic missile	25 gp
57–59	magic weapon	25 gp
60–62	mount	25 gp
63–64	magic aura	25 gp
65–66	obscuring mist	25 gp
67–74	protection from chaos/evil/good/law	25 gp
75–76	ray of enfeeblement	25 gp
77–78	reduce person	25 gp
79–80	remove fear	50 gp
81–82	shield	25 gp
83–84	shocking grasp	25 gp
85–86	silent image	25 gp
87–88	sleep	25 gp
89–90	summon monster I	25 gp
91–93	floating disk	25 gp
94–95	true strike	25 gp
96	undetectable alignment	50 gp
97–98	unseen servant	25 gp
99–100	ventriloquism	25 gp
2nd-Level Arcane Spells
d%	Spell	Market Price
01	animal messenger	200 gp
02	animal trance	200 gp
03	arcane lock	175 gp
04–06	bear’s endurance	150 gp
07–08	blindness/deafness	150 gp
09–10	blur	150 gp
11–13	bull’s strength	150 gp
14	calm emotions	200 gp
15–17	cat’s grace	150 gp
18–19	command undead	150 gp
20	continual flame	200 gp
21	cure moderate wounds	200 gp
22	darkness	150 gp
23–25	darkvision	150 gp
26	daze monster	150 gp
27	delay poison	200 gp
28–29	detect thoughts	150 gp
30–31	disguise self	150 gp
32–34	eagle’s splendor	150 gp
35	enthrall	200 gp
36–37	false life	150 gp
38–39	flaming sphere	150 gp
40	fog cloud	150 gp
41–43	fox’s cunning	150 gp
44	ghoul touch	150 gp
45–46	glitterdust	150 gp
47	gust of wind	150 gp
48–49	hypnotic pattern	150 gp
50–52	invisibility	150 gp
53–55	knock	150 gp
56	phantom trap	200 gp
57–58	levitate	150 gp
59	locate object	150 gp
60	magic mouth	160 gp
61–62	acid arrow	150 gp
63	minor image	150 gp
64–65	mirror image	150 gp
66	misdirection	150 gp
67	obscure object	150 gp
68–70	owl’s wisdom	150 gp
71–73	protection from arrows	150 gp
74–75	pyrotechnics	150 gp
76–78	resist energy	150 gp
79	rope trick	150 gp
80	scare	150 gp
81–82	scorching ray	150 gp
83–85	see invisibility	150 gp
86	shatter	150 gp
87	silence	200 gp
88	sound burst	200 gp
89	spectral hand	150 gp
90–91	spider climb	150 gp
92–93	summon monster II	150 gp
94–95	summon swarm	150 gp
96	hideous laughter	150 gp
97	touch of idiocy	150 gp
98–99	web	150 gp
100	whispering wind	150 gp
3rd-Level Arcane Spells
d%	Spell	Market Price
01–02	arcane sight	375 gp
03–04	blink	375 gp
05–06	clairaudience/clairvoyance	375 gp
07	cure serious wounds	525 gp
08–10	daylight	525 gp
11–12	deep slumber	375 gp
13–15	dispel magic	375 gp
16–17	displacement	375 gp
18	explosive runes	375 gp
19–20	fireball	375 gp
21–22	flame arrow	375 gp
23–25	fly	375 gp
26–27	gaseous form	375 gp
28–29	gentle repose	375 gp
30	glibness	525 gp
31	good hope	525 gp
32–33	halt undead	375 gp
34–36	haste	375 gp
37–38	heroism	375 gp
39–40	hold person	375 gp
41	illusory script	425 gp
42–44	invisibility sphere	375 gp
45–47	keen edge	375 gp
48–49	tiny hut	375 gp
50–51	lightning bolt	375 gp
52–59	magic circle against chaos/evil/good/law	375 gp
60–62	magic weapon, greater	375 gp
63–64	major image	375 gp
65–66	nondetection	425 gp
67–68	phantom steed	375 gp
69–71	protection from energy	375 gp
72–73	rage	375 gp
74–75	ray of exhaustion	375 gp
76	sculpt sound	525 gp
77	secret page	375 gp
78	sepia snake sigil	875 gp
79	shrink item	375 gp
80–81	sleet storm	375 gp
82–83	slow	375 gp
84	speak with animals	525 gp
85–86	stinking cloud	375 gp
87–88	suggestion	375 gp
89–90	summon monster III	375 gp
91–93	tongues	375 gp
94–95	vampiric touch	375 gp
96–98	water breathing	375 gp
99–100	wind wall	375 gp
4th-Level Arcane Spells
d%	Spell	Market Price
01–02	animate dead	1,050 gp
03–05	arcane eye	700 gp
06–07	bestow curse	700 gp
08–10	charm monster	700 gp
11–13	confusion	700 gp
14–15	contagion	700 gp
16–17	crushing despair	700 gp
18	cure critical wounds	1,000 gp
19	detect scrying	700 gp
20–23	dimension door	700 gp
24–26	dimensional anchor	700 gp
27–28	enervation	700 gp
29–30	enlarge person, mass	700 gp
31–32	black tentacles	700 gp
33–34	fear	700 gp
35–37	fire shield	700 gp
38–39	fire trap	725 gp
40–42	freedom of movement	1,000 gp
43	geas, lesser	700 gp
44–46	globe of invulnerability, lesser	700 gp
47–48	hallucinatory terrain	700 gp
49–50	ice storm	700 gp
51–52	illusory wall	700 gp
53–55	invisibility, greater	700 gp
56–57	secure shelter	700 gp
58	locate creature	700 gp
59–60	minor creation	700 gp
61	modify memory	1,000 gp
62	neutralize poison	1,000 gp
63–64	resilient sphere	700 gp
65–66	phantasmal killer	700 gp
67–68	polymorph	700 gp
69–70	rainbow pattern	700 gp
71	mnemonic enhancer	700 gp
72–73	reduce person, mass	700 gp
74–76	remove curse	700 gp
77	repel vermin	1,000 gp
78–79	scrying	700 gp
80–81	shadow conjuration	700 gp
82–83	shout	700 gp
84–85	solid fog	700 gp
86	speak with plants	1,000 gp
87–88	stone shape	700 gp
89–91	stoneskin	950 gp
92–93	summon monster IV	700 gp
94–96	wall of fire	700 gp
97–99	wall of ice	700 gp
100	zone of silence	1,000 gp
5th-Level Arcane Spells
d%	Spell	Market Price
01–02	animal growth	1,125 gp
03–05	baleful polymorph	1,125 gp
06–07	interposing hand	1,125 gp
08–09	blight	1,125 gp
10–12	break enchantment	1,125 gp
13–14	cloudkill	1,125 gp
15–17	cone of cold	1,125 gp
18–19	contact other plane	1,125 gp
20	cure light wounds, mass	1,625 gp
21–23	dismissal	1,125 gp
24–26	dispel magic, greater	1,625 gp
27–28	dominate person	1,125 gp
29	dream	1,125 gp
30–31	fabricate	1,125 gp
32–33	false vision	1,375 gp
34–35	feeblemind	1,125 gp
36–39	hold monster	1,125 gp
40	secret chest	1,125 gp
41	magic jar	1,125 gp
42–43	major creation	1,125 gp
44–45	mind fog	1,125 gp
46–47	mirage arcana	1,125 gp
48–49	mage’s faithful hound	1,125 gp
50–51	mage’s private sanctum	1,125 gp
52–53	nightmare	1,125 gp
54–57	overland flight	1,125 gp
58–60	passwall	1,125 gp
61	permanency	10,125 gp1
62–63	persistent image	1,125 gp
64–65	planar binding, lesser	1,125 gp
66–67	prying eyes	1,125 gp
68–69	telepathic bond	1,125 gp
70–71	seeming	1,125 gp
72–74	sending	1,125 gp
75–76	shadow evocation	1,125 gp
77	song of discord	1,625 gp
78–79	summon monster V	1,125 gp
80	symbol of pain	2,125 gp
81	symbol of sleep	2,125 gp
82–83	telekinesis	1,125 gp
84–88	teleport	1,125 gp
89–90	transmute mud to rock	1,125 gp
91–92	transmute rock to mud	1,125 gp
93–95	wall of force	1,125 gp
96–98	wall of stone	1,125 gp
99–100	waves of fatigue	1,125 gp
1 Includes experience point cost up to 2,000 XP.
6th-Level Arcane Spells
d%	Spell	Market Price
01–02	acid fog	1,650 gp
03–05	analyze dweomer	1,650 gp
06	animate objects	2,400 gp
07–09	antimagic field	1,650 gp
10–12	bear’s endurance, mass	1,650 gp
13–14	forceful hand	1,650 gp
15–17	bull’s strength, mass	1,650 gp
18–20	cat’s grace, mass	1,650 gp
21–23	chain lightning	1,650 gp
24–25	circle of death	2,150 gp
26	contingency	1,650 gp
27–28	control water	1,650 gp
29	create undead	2,350 gp
30	cure moderate wounds, mass	2,400 gp
31–33	disintegrate	1,650 gp
34–37	dispel magic, greater	1,650 gp
38–40	eagle’s splendor, mass	1,650 gp
41–42	eyebite	1,650 gp
43	find the path	2,400 gp
44–45	flesh to stone	1,650 gp
46–48	fox’s cunning, mass	1,650 gp
49	geas/quest	1,650 gp
50–52	globe of invulnerability	1,650 gp
53	guards and wards	1,650 gp
54	heroes’ feast	2,400 gp
55–56	heroism, greater	1,650 gp
57	legend lore	1,900 gp
58–59	mislead	1,650 gp
60	mage’s lucubration	1,650 gp
61–62	move earth	1,650 gp
63–64	freezing sphere	1,650 gp
65–67	owl’s wisdom, mass	1,650 gp
68–69	permanent image	1,650 gp
70–71	planar binding	1,650 gp
72–73	programmed image	1,675 gp
74–75	repulsion	1,650 gp
76–78	shadow walk	1,650 gp
79–81	stone to flesh	1,650 gp
82–83	suggestion, mass	1,650 gp
84–85	summon monster VI	1,650 gp
86	symbol of fear	2,650 gp
87	symbol of persuasion	6,650 gp
88	sympathetic vibration	2,400 gp
89–90	transformation	1,950 gp
91–93	true seeing	1,900 gp
94–95	undeath to death	2,150 gp
96–97	veil	1,650 gp
98–100	wall of iron	1,700 gp
7th-Level Arcane Spells
d%	Spell	Market Price
01–03	arcane sight, greater	2,275 gp
04–07	banishment	2,275 gp
08–10	grasping hand