mucat
2010-03-19, 10:35 PM
Hi all.
I recently began playing an artificer in a forum campaign here, and I ran across a question I can't answer about their scroll-crafting abilities.
According to the WOTC Errata on the class, a scroll which an artificer scribes is neither divine nor arcane, but is simply an "artificer scroll" which can't be used by any other caster class. Also, the artificer must make a UMD check of (20 + caster level) to activate the scroll, even if she crafted it herself.
So far, so good. What I'm wondering, though, is what ability score is required to activate the scroll. Activating a scroll normally requires an ability score of 10 + spell level. So if it's an artificer scroll containing, for example, cure serious wounds (usually a 3rd-level divine spell) does the artificer need to have a 13 intelligence (the main casting stat for artificers) or a 13 wisdom (because it's a divine spell)?
And in case it matters, I'm aware that, if necessary, she could make an additional UMD check to emulate an ability score that she doesn't have.
Thanks in advance to anyone who knows the answer to this...and if you can show me where to find an official ruling on it, that's better yet!
I recently began playing an artificer in a forum campaign here, and I ran across a question I can't answer about their scroll-crafting abilities.
According to the WOTC Errata on the class, a scroll which an artificer scribes is neither divine nor arcane, but is simply an "artificer scroll" which can't be used by any other caster class. Also, the artificer must make a UMD check of (20 + caster level) to activate the scroll, even if she crafted it herself.
So far, so good. What I'm wondering, though, is what ability score is required to activate the scroll. Activating a scroll normally requires an ability score of 10 + spell level. So if it's an artificer scroll containing, for example, cure serious wounds (usually a 3rd-level divine spell) does the artificer need to have a 13 intelligence (the main casting stat for artificers) or a 13 wisdom (because it's a divine spell)?
And in case it matters, I'm aware that, if necessary, she could make an additional UMD check to emulate an ability score that she doesn't have.
Thanks in advance to anyone who knows the answer to this...and if you can show me where to find an official ruling on it, that's better yet!