Scroll

A magic scroll is a roll of parchment charged with a particular spell or effect, from which a single casting can be made before it is consumed. Unlike spellbooks, scrolls may be used by anyone, regardless of their experience in the mystic arts.

History
Upon their first appearance in Ultima V, magic scrolls varied by only a select handful of spells and were considered items of treasure. Scrolls aslo played the same low-key role in Ultima Underworld and Ultima Underworld II.

In Ultima VII Part Two, they played a far more prominent role in shaping the magic system of Serpent Isle. Not only could most spells be found in scroll form and used in the same fashion as their previous appearance, they could also be permanently rendered within the spellbook and cast as normal by using the Transcribe spell. This often was the only way to get a spell into the spellbook.

Magic scrolls would go on to appear in Ultima IX, wherein they were consolidated as a crucial step in acquiring spells for the grimoire. Spells first had to be found or purchased as scrolls, then transcribed into the spellbook by way of a binding ritual. See Ultima IX Magic for specific details about this process.

Scrolls in Pagan
On the Guardian-controlled world of Pagan, several different kinds of magic scrolls existed that, when read, had different effects that activated as soon as they were opened and read. Unfortunately, these could not be transcribed and added to the user's repertoire of existing spells.

Ultima V Scroll Types

 * Vas Lor (Light)
 * Kal Xen Corp (Summon)
 * Rel Hur (Wind Change)
 * In Sanct (Protection)
 * An Tym (Time Stop)
 * In An (Negate Magic)
 * In Quas Wis (Peer)
 * In Mani Corp (Resurrect)

Ultima VIII Scroll Types

 * Secret Door Scroll
 * Trap Detection Scroll
 * Trap Destruction Scroll
 * Scroll of Healing
 * Scroll of Invisibility