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{{flavour|A disposable arcane formula inscribed on parchment by a professional scribe or sorceror. Anyone can evoke the power of the arcane formula by reading it out loud, but the nature of that power is not a priori apparent.}}
 
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==Scroll Conservation==
 
Any time you suffer [[fire]] or [[hellfire]] damage, there is a chance your scrolls will be subject to [[item destruction]]. The [[conservation]] intrinsic reduces the chance of this happening, as does having a high [[AC]].
 
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
In [[0.15]], item destruction will be removed entirely.
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In [[0.15]], item destruction was removed entirely.
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Previous to [[0.15]], Any time you suffered [[fire]] or [[hellfire]] damage, there was a chance your scrolls would be subject to [[item destruction]]. The [[conservation]] intrinsic reduced the chance of this happening, as did having a high [[AC]].
  
 
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Revision as of 22:16, 26 November 2014

Version 0.15: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.


A disposable arcane formula inscribed on parchment by a professional scribe or sorceror. Anyone can evoke the power of the arcane formula by reading it out loud, but the nature of that power is not a priori apparent.

Scrolls are consumable items which, when read (command r), provide a wide variety of magical effects. They can be found as randomly generated loot or bought in certain shops. Unidentified scrolls will have gibberish names until you've identified them, either by reading them or through use of a scroll of identify. Some scrolls have requirements for use; if you don't meet the requirements when reading an unidentified scroll, it will be wasted but identified.

You can find a list of scrolls here.

You will have difficulty reading scrolls under the following circumstances:

The following status effects disable scroll-reading entirely:


History

In 0.15, item destruction was removed entirely.

Previous to 0.15, Any time you suffered fire or hellfire damage, there was a chance your scrolls would be subject to item destruction. The conservation intrinsic reduced the chance of this happening, as did having a high AC.