Help with Scrolls, please

NobleNick · 12-15-2005, 12:54 PM

For the love of Pete... I could just cry. I know the answer to this is so-o-o-o easy; but, with no manual (WHY did they do this to me?), I have not been able to use a scroll. No, wait, it is worse than that: I think I *did* use a scroll once to get night vision (neat!); BUT I can not remember how I did it.

I have been playing around, trying to get this to work for a while. I know how to use ranged weapons. I know how to use close-in weapons. I know how to cast magic (my own spells). I know how to make and use potions. How do I cast a spell using a scroll? (Keystroke-by-obvious-keystroke, please.)

Thank you.

Raffin · 12-15-2005, 01:40 PM

Go to your "cast a spell mode" (varies, depending on your keystrokes, but I think the default is X or Y

Select, in your inventory, on the spells list, below the spells, the scroll or magic item you wish to use

Click the mouse button

Alternatively: hit F1 to assign quick keys
choose a key and choose "magic item"
go to normal screen
hit the quick key you chose
click the mouse

Hope that helps [img]smile.gif[/img]
-Raffin
(who's always prefered potions to scrolls for ease of use)

Brayf · 12-15-2005, 02:09 PM

Yeah, like Raffin says, the scrolls are listed on your menu screen along with regular spells and magic items [img]smile.gif[/img] . Just have it selected, then cast like you would a spell.

Hi Raffin [img]smile.gif[/img] !

[ 12-15-2005, 02:10 PM: Message edited by: Brayf ]

NobleNick · 12-15-2005, 07:01 PM

O.K., guys, Thanks, I will try this:

1.) R-click to open utility screen
2.) Select scroll (like you would for a normal spell).
3.) Return to normal screen.
4.) 'R' key to Ready magic.
5.) L-click.

Right?

Brayf · 12-15-2005, 07:35 PM

Precisely

.

NobleNick · 12-16-2005, 08:52 AM

Fired up the game just long enough to verify that the procedure works. Success. Thanks!

NobleNick · 12-16-2005, 09:35 AM

O.K., might as well ask in this thread, as opposed to starting a new one: I used a scroll to summon a skeleton. Just practicing to make sure I could do this scroll thing, you know. Well I got the skeleton, O.K.; but he just stood there doing nothing. This was in a shop in Vivec; so I was expecting the shopkeeper to go berserk, and then I would get arrested. But, no: The skelly and the merchant just ignored each other. So, to liven things up, I shot the skeleton. That did it. Bones and I had a short battle; but the merchant seemed oblivious to the whole affair. (Hmmm... Maybe I should have shot HIM!)

So, do summoned critters take offense against someone who is attacking you, or about to attack you, or are they so lame in the AI department that they can't even figure out that there is a punishment party going on?

Brayf · 12-16-2005, 10:45 AM

Summoned creatures only attack people/creatures that are attacking you. If you had struck the shopkeeper, for example, the skeleton would have instantly attacked him, but as you were friendly/neutral with the shopkeeper, so was the skeleton. And NPCs don't have a problem with you summoning things if you're not attacking them [img]smile.gif[/img] .

Kyrvias · 12-16-2005, 11:21 AM

Yes, gaurdss *do not* attack summoned creatures that you control.

Raffin · 12-26-2005, 06:42 AM

Howdy Brayf. Good to see you on the Dark Side [img]smile.gif[/img]

Yep. And killing something you summon doesn't count as a crime, leading to all sorts of cheese with soul gems, fight club practice, atronach sign, and a bottle of flin

-Raffin
PS. I wouldn't recommend taking on anything but a skeleton or ancestoral ghost early on though... *evil grin*

[ 12-26-2005, 06:43 AM: Message edited by: Raffin ]

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12-15-2005, 12:54 PM	#1
NobleNick Quintesson Join Date: February 5, 2002 Location: Huntsville, AL, USA Age: 65 Posts: 1,045	For the love of Pete... I could just cry. I know the answer to this is so-o-o-o easy; but, with no manual (WHY did they do this to me?), I have not been able to use a scroll. No, wait, it is worse than that: I think I did use a scroll once to get night vision (neat!); BUT I can not remember how I did it. I have been playing around, trying to get this to work for a while. I know how to use ranged weapons. I know how to use close-in weapons. I know how to cast magic (my own spells). I know how to make and use potions. How do I cast a spell using a scroll? (Keystroke-by-obvious-keystroke, please.) Thank you.

12-15-2005, 01:40 PM	#2
Raffin Dungeon Master Join Date: July 17, 2004 Location: US Age: 45 Posts: 69	Go to your "cast a spell mode" (varies, depending on your keystrokes, but I think the default is X or Y Select, in your inventory, on the spells list, below the spells, the scroll or magic item you wish to use Click the mouse button Alternatively: hit F1 to assign quick keys choose a key and choose "magic item" go to normal screen hit the quick key you chose click the mouse Hope that helps [img]smile.gif[/img] -Raffin (who's always prefered potions to scrolls for ease of use)

12-15-2005, 02:09 PM	#3
Brayf Zhentarim Guard Join Date: February 21, 2005 Location: Candlekeep Age: 38 Posts: 372	Yeah, like Raffin says, the scrolls are listed on your menu screen along with regular spells and magic items [img]smile.gif[/img] . Just have it selected, then cast like you would a spell. Hi Raffin [img]smile.gif[/img] ! [ 12-15-2005, 02:10 PM: Message edited by: Brayf ]

12-15-2005, 07:01 PM	#4
NobleNick Quintesson Join Date: February 5, 2002 Location: Huntsville, AL, USA Age: 65 Posts: 1,045	O.K., guys, Thanks, I will try this: 1.) R-click to open utility screen 2.) Select scroll (like you would for a normal spell). 3.) Return to normal screen. 4.) 'R' key to Ready magic. 5.) L-click. Right?

12-15-2005, 07:35 PM	#5
Brayf Zhentarim Guard Join Date: February 21, 2005 Location: Candlekeep Age: 38 Posts: 372	Precisely .

12-16-2005, 08:52 AM	#6
NobleNick Quintesson Join Date: February 5, 2002 Location: Huntsville, AL, USA Age: 65 Posts: 1,045	Fired up the game just long enough to verify that the procedure works. Success. Thanks!

12-16-2005, 09:35 AM	#7
NobleNick Quintesson Join Date: February 5, 2002 Location: Huntsville, AL, USA Age: 65 Posts: 1,045	O.K., might as well ask in this thread, as opposed to starting a new one: I used a scroll to summon a skeleton. Just practicing to make sure I could do this scroll thing, you know. Well I got the skeleton, O.K.; but he just stood there doing nothing. This was in a shop in Vivec; so I was expecting the shopkeeper to go berserk, and then I would get arrested. But, no: The skelly and the merchant just ignored each other. So, to liven things up, I shot the skeleton. That did it. Bones and I had a short battle; but the merchant seemed oblivious to the whole affair. (Hmmm... Maybe I should have shot HIM!) So, do summoned critters take offense against someone who is attacking you, or about to attack you, or are they so lame in the AI department that they can't even figure out that there is a punishment party going on?

12-16-2005, 10:45 AM	#8
Brayf Zhentarim Guard Join Date: February 21, 2005 Location: Candlekeep Age: 38 Posts: 372	Summoned creatures only attack people/creatures that are attacking you. If you had struck the shopkeeper, for example, the skeleton would have instantly attacked him, but as you were friendly/neutral with the shopkeeper, so was the skeleton. And NPCs don't have a problem with you summoning things if you're not attacking them [img]smile.gif[/img] .

12-16-2005, 11:21 AM	#9
Kyrvias Lord Ao Join Date: May 15, 2005 Posts: 2,092	Yes, gaurdss do not attack summoned creatures that you control.

12-26-2005, 06:42 AM	#10
Raffin Dungeon Master Join Date: July 17, 2004 Location: US Age: 45 Posts: 69	Howdy Brayf. Good to see you on the Dark Side [img]smile.gif[/img] Yep. And killing something you summon doesn't count as a crime, leading to all sorts of cheese with soul gems, fight club practice, atronach sign, and a bottle of flin -Raffin PS. I wouldn't recommend taking on anything but a skeleton or ancestoral ghost early on though... evil grin [ 12-26-2005, 06:43 AM: Message edited by: Raffin ]

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