How Scrolls Work: A spell scroll bears the words of a sing spell, written in a mystical cipher. If the spell is on your class's spell list, you can read the scroll and cast its spell without providing any material components. Otherwise, the scroll is unintelligible. Casting the spell by reading the requires the spell's normal casting time. Once the spell is cast, the words on the scroll fade, and it crumbles to dust. If casting is interrupted, the scroll is not lost.

If the spell is on your class's spell list but of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast it successfully. The DC equals 10 + the spell's level. On a failed check, the spell disappears from the scroll with no other effect.

Casting Mishaps: The level of the spell on the scroll determines the spell's saving throw DC and attack bonus, as well as the scroll's rarity, as shown in the Spell Scroll table. As an additional mechanic when casting scrolls, you can use the Mishap Table, introducing some adverse effects and risk when you cast scrolls above your level. If you try and fail to cast a spell from a spell scroll, you must make a DC 10 Intelligence saving throw. If the saving throw fails, roll on the Scroll Mishap table.