Scrolls and Spell Scrolls

• General Spell Scroll rules on D&D Beyond
• Scribing Spell Scrolls on D&D Beyond

Scrolls that are not spell scrolls can be used by anyone. Example: Scroll of Protection

A spell scroll bears the words of a single spell, written in a mystical cipher.

• If the spell is on your class’s spell list, you can cast it without material components.
• If not, the scroll is unintelligible.
• Casting uses the spell's normal casting time.
• Once cast, the scroll crumbles to dust.
• Interrupted casting does not destroy the scroll.
• If concentration is required, you must maintain it.

If the scroll contains a spell above your casting level:

• Make a spellcasting ability check.
• DC = 10 + the spell's level.
• On failure, the spell fades from the scroll with no effect.

Wizards can copy spell scrolls like from a spellbook.

• Check: Intelligence (Arcana) DC = 10 + spell level
• Success: spell is copied
• Failure: scroll is destroyed
• Time/Cost: 2 hours and 50 gp per level

Order of Scribes: May use Wizardly Quill, reducing time to 2 minutes per level.

A spellcaster can create a scroll for a known/prepared spell.

• Proficiency in Arcana
• Provide required material components
• Spend time and money (see table below)
• Cantrip scrolls function as if cast by a 1st-level caster

The typical market price for a scroll is twice the scribing cost.