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, a capacity similarly repeated in Ultima Underworld and Ultima Underworld II.

In Ultima VI, spells were purchased in the form of inert scrolls, which then had to be moved into the spellbook before they could be invoked.

In Ultima VII Part Two, they played a far more prominent and versatile role in shaping the magic system of Serpent Isle. Not only could most spells be incidentally found in scroll form and used in the same fashion as previous appearances in Ultima V and the two Underworld chapters, they could also be permanently rendered within the spellbook and cast as normal by using the Transcribe spell. For a handful of conjurations, it was only by the latter method that they could be collected for repeated use.

Magic scrolls would go on to appear in Ultima IX, wherein they were consolidated as a crucial step in acquiring spells for the grimoire. These incantations first had to be found or purchased as scrolls, then transcribed into the spellbook by way of the Ritual of Binding. 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 activating as soon as they were opened. 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