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Nibbens
2014-07-03, 10:08 PM
The Arcane Pretender (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/npc-s/npc-13/arcane-pretender-halfling-fighter-14) states this fighter uses scrolls on himself...

(Flips through books to find stuff on scrolls)

The section on activating scrolls state:


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 class.)
The user must have the spell on her class list.
The user must have the requisite ability score.

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Eh? Soooo, how is this possible? Any ideas from the hive-mind?

Pangaea
2014-07-03, 10:12 PM
Look up the skill 'use magic device'

http://www.d20pfsrd.com/skills/use-magic-device

grarrrg
2014-07-03, 10:25 PM
What he said, Use Magic Device (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/skills/use-magic-device) skill.
(note to Pangaea: type what you want the link to read as, highlight it, then click the little "globe" icon. It's next to the envelope, below the big letter "A". Then paste in your link)

"Use a Scroll: ...Use Magic Device allows you to use a scroll as if you had a particular spell on your class spell list. The DC is equal to 20 + the caster level of the spell you are trying to cast from the scroll. In addition, casting a spell from a scroll requires a minimum score (10 + spell level) in the appropriate ability. If you don't have a sufficient score in that ability, you must emulate the ability score with a separate Use Magic Device check."

Nibbens
2014-07-03, 10:27 PM
What he said, Use Magic Device (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/skills/use-magic-device) skill.
(note to Pangaea: type what you want the link to read as, highlight it, then click the little "globe" icon. It's next to the envelope, below the big letter "A". Then paste in your link)

"Use a Scroll: ...Use Magic Device allows you to use a scroll as if you had a particular spell on your class spell list. The DC is equal to 20 + the caster level of the spell you are trying to cast from the scroll. In addition, casting a spell from a scroll requires a minimum score (10 + spell level) in the appropriate ability. If you don't have a sufficient score in that ability, you must emulate the ability score with a separate Use Magic Device check."

derp.... lol. Yeah, research fail. :( Anyway, thanks guys!