Inscription

Trained By: Alchemist, Apothecary, Mage

Title: Scribe

Overview

In Valhalla the scribes provide the people with all manner of scrolls. GM Scribe's are the only ones able to inscribe necromancy scrolls into the Codex Damnorum with impunity. You will notice that blank scrolls sell for 20 gold. Do not be alarmed. Scribing on blank scrolls does not take any reagents at all. Do not spend your first 100 gold on reagents. Scribing a scroll turns out to be about the same cost as other shards if you include reagents. You just don't have to figure out whether each scroll will cost 18 or 24 - it will always be 20.

Inscription does not rely on the spell book like it does in other worlds. When you want to inscribe a scroll, just double click your scrolls. You will be given a choice of all 8 circles of spells with no scribing necessary. A single click on a circle will take you to a listing of the spells for that circle. Another single click on the spell icon will start inscribing the spell on the scrolls. If you are not sure what the icon for the spell is, check your spell book before starting the inscription process. It is also important to note that scrolls are not produced as quickly here as they may be in other worlds.

Inscribing Spellbooks also works a little differently in Valhalla. To place a spell in a spellbook all one needs to do is drop the said spell onto the spellbook and it will automaticaly incribe. No skill check is required for this, only for making the actual scroll. Blank Spellbooks and scrolls are available from NPC Mages and scribes..

Scribing Necromancy Scrolls

Once you have collected up several necromancy scrolls, you need a Necromancy spellbook. It is called the Codex Damnorum and can be found as loot on Mages, Adept Mages and Necromancers. You use the inscription skill on the necromancer scroll and then target the Codex. In order to be successful, you must pass both a magery check and an inscription check. If you succeed, the spell is put into the book. If you fail, you will lose the scroll. I recommend having a highly skilled Scribe / Mage do this, as finding these scrolls can be difficult. You cannot make these scrolls from blanks you can only find them as loot. However Necromancy scrolls and Codex's do not sell to NPC Vendors so you will see them in your loot bag. All necromancy scrolls are red regardless of if they are lesser or greater chants.

Rune Books

Runebooks can be bought from a NPC scribe on Valhalla, but can only be used for gate travel, either from scroll or spell. To add a rune to the rune book, click on the add button in the book and then target the marked rune that you want to add. If you pass an inscription check, the rune will be added to the book. If you fail, the rune will be lost.

Using Scrolls

To use a scroll, you need 10 fewer points to cast the spell then you would if just casting from a spell book. The formula for casting spells is (circle + 1) x 11. 7th circle spells have a difficulty of 88 to cast, so you need a minimum of 68 magery to use a 7th circle scroll. In other words, to gate, you must have magery at least in your secondary slot to gate with a scroll.