Inscription

Inscribed in a steady hand and imbued with the power of reagents, a scroll can mean the difference between life and death in a perilous situation. Those knowledgeable in Inscription may transcribe spells to create useful magical scrolls.

In order to copy a spell to Scroll form, you need to be carrying a spellbook which already contains that spell. A scribe with high Magery skill can create Spellbooks with extra Item Properties - Skills bonuses, Slayer effects, and Lower Reagent Cost among others. Inscription Recipes, however, are required to Craft some such items.

The direct use of Inscription on a standard Book can be used to quickly create an exact copy. Their contents can then be locked with the use of Red Leaves; this process is handy for creating "advertising leaflets" for player run events and auctions.

A GM Scribe gains a +10% Spell Damage Increase to any Magery spells cast and an additional 5% bonus to Casting Focus which can exceed the item cap.

At GM Magery, you have 50/30/15/5% odds to add 0/1/2/3 mods on a spellbook you create, respectively; this bumps to 44/29/18/9% at Elder Magery, and 40/29/19/12% at Legendary Magery.

Caster's inscription skill also affects following spells:

• Protection: Allows you to cast spells without being interrupted.

Lowers physical resistance 15% - (Inscription/20). At GM inscription, Physical lowers 10%.

Lowers resist magic skill 35% - (Inscription/20). At GM Inscription, Resist lowers 30%

Increases spell casting delay. ( Inscription has no effect here )

• Reactive Armor: Increases Physical Resistance ( +15% + Inscription/20 ) , decreases elemental resistances (-5% each).

With 0 Inscription (+15 , -5 , -5 , -5 ,-5)

At GM Inscription (+20 , -5 ,-5 , -5 , -5)

• Magic Reflection: Decreases Physical Resistance ( -20% + Inscription/20 ), increases elemental resistances ( +10% each).

With 0 Inscription (-20 , +10 , +10 , +10 , +10 and -5 max physical resist)

At GM Inscription (-15 , +10 , +10 , +10 , +10 and -5 max physical resist)

It should be noted that the Jack of All Trades for humans works as if they had 20 Inscription skill points.

Training

Before training you will need to obtain many thousands of Blank Scrolls and Reagents. Exact numbers will be added in the future. Scribe's Pens are used for all craftables.

Buying scrolls and reagents from vendors is the easiest, and sometimes, the cheapest way to go. You can buy out a particular vendor of their wares, and within 20-30 minutes (it's random) that item will respawn at double the quantity up to a maximum of 999. So in other words, if you stay with it, you could be farming vendors for Blank Scrolls and Reagents and buying 999 of each at a time.

• 0 - 30: Buy from a NPC Mage or Scribe.
• 30 - 55: Make 4th circle scrolls.
• 55 - 65: Make 5th circle scrolls.
• 65 - 85: Make 6th circle scrolls.
• 85 - 94: Make 7th circle scrolls.
• 94 - 100: Make 8th circle scrolls.

For a power gaming technique to train this skill see Satyr Trick

Craftables

Item	Components	Skill	Remarks
Magery Scrolls	1 Blank Scroll Mana/Reagents equal to those required to cast the spell.	Varies	See Scrolls - Magery for individual skill requirements. You must already have a spell with you in order to copy it.
Necromancy Scrolls	1 Blank Scroll Mana/Reagents equal to those required to cast the spell.	Varies	See Scrolls - Necromancy for individual skill requirements. You must already have a spell with you in order to copy it.
Mysticism Scrolls	1 Blank Scroll Mana/Reagents equal to those required to cast the spell.	Varies	See Scrolls - Mysticism for individual skill requirements. You must already have a spell with you in order to copy it.
Enchanted Switch	1 Blank Scroll 1 Spiders' Silk 1 Black Pearl 1 Switch	45%	Requires the Mondain's Legacy expansion.
Runed Prism	1 Hollow Prism 1 Blank Scroll 1 Spiders' Silk 1 Black Pearl	45%	Requires the Mondain's Legacy expansion.
Runebook	8 Blank Scrolls 1 Unmarked Rune 1 Recall Scroll 1 Gate Travel Scroll	45%
Runic Atlas	24 Blank Scrolls 3 Unmarked Rune 3 Recall Scroll 3 Gate Travel Scroll	45%
Bulk Order Book	10 Blank Scrolls	65%
Spellbook(Magery)	10 Blank Scrolls	50%
Necromancer Spellbook	10 Blank Scrolls	50%
Mysticism Spellbook	10 Blank Scrolls	50%
Scrapper's Compendium	100 Blank Scrolls 1 Dread Horn Mane 10 Taint 10 Corruption	75%	Requires the Mondain's Legacy expansion and the relevant Recipe.
Spellbook Engraving Tool	1 Feather 7 Black Pearl	75%	Requires the Mondain's Legacy expansion.
Blank Scrolls	1 Wood Pulp	50%
Scroll Binder	1 Wood Pulp	75%
Book (100 Pages)	40 Blank Scrolls 2 Beeswax	50%
Book (200 Pages)	80 Blank Scrolls 4 Beeswax	50%
Exodus Summoning Rite	5 Taints 5 Daemon Bones 1 Summon Daemon Scroll 5 Daemon Bloods	95%

See Also

• Casting Focus

References

• Inscription page on UO.com
• Parts of this page was taken with permission from OnlineGameTrader.net