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'''INVOKE''' is the [[verb]] used to [[PREPARE (verb)|prepare]] a [[spell]] from a [[scroll]]. Once prepared, the spell must still be [[CAST (verb)|CAST]] or [[INCANT (verb)|INCANTed]]. This will remove one [[charges|charge]] of that particular spell from the scroll, and is subject to a skill check of the invoker's [[Arcane Symbols]] knowledge.
'''INVOKE''' is the [[verb]] used to [[PREPARE (verb)|prepare]] a [[spell]] from a [[scroll]]. Once prepared, the spell must still be [[CAST (verb)|CAST]] or [[INCANT (verb)|INCANTed]]. This will remove one [[charges|charge]] of that particular spell from the scroll, and is subject to a skill check of the invoker's [[Arcane Symbols]] knowledge.


* INVOKE {#} while holding a scroll in one hand and nothing in the other, to bring a spell from the scroll to a prepared state.
* INVOKE {#} while holding a scroll in one hand and nothing in the other to activate the desired spell without penalty. Scrolls can also be invoked one-handed with a 100 point penalty added to the activation modifier.


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Revision as of 10:04, 30 May 2013

INVOKE is the verb used to prepare a spell from a scroll. Once prepared, the spell must still be CAST or INCANTed. This will remove one charge of that particular spell from the scroll, and is subject to a skill check of the invoker's Arcane Symbols knowledge.

  • INVOKE {#} while holding a scroll in one hand and nothing in the other to activate the desired spell without penalty. Scrolls can also be invoked one-handed with a 100 point penalty added to the activation modifier.