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So activating the ability is a free action, and it doesn't say you must already be holding a scroll to activate the ability. It would fly with me, but there's always that dreaded .A scrollmaster can wield any paper, parchment, or cloth scroll as if it were a melee weapon. In the hands of the Wizard, the scroll acts as a short sword with an enhancement bonus equal to 1/2 the level of the highest-level Wizard spell on the scroll; a scroll with only a cantrip or 1st-level spell on it counts as a masterwork short sword. The scrollmaster is proficient in this weapon, and feats and abilities that affect short swords (such as Weapon Focus) apply to this weapon. A scrollmaster cannot wield two scrollblades at the same time.
Activating this ability is a free action. A scroll blade only retains its abilities in the hands of the scrollmaster. The scroll blade has hardness 0 and hit points equal to the highest-level Wizard spell on the scroll. Each successful hit by the scroll blade reduces its hit points by 1; this damage cannot be repaired, but does not affect casting from the scroll. When its hit points reach 0, the scroll is destroyed. If a scroll contains a spell with a metamagic feat, this ability uses the original spell level of the spell (a scroll of empowered fireball counts as a 3rd-level spell).
From the bolded part of the quote, Quickdraw, which is a feat that affects short swords, will affect the scrollblade.
Hmmm. Wonder how a Scrollmaster/Magus would interact. Arcane pool points to add additional enhancements to the scrollblade?
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From the bolded part of the quote, Quickdraw, which is a feat that affects short swords, will affect the scrollblade.Hmmm. Wonder how a Scrollmaster/Magus would interact. Arcane pool points to add additional enhancements to the scrollblade?
It might, since a Magus' arcane pool specifically states:
These bonuses can be added to the weapon, stacking with existing weapon enhancement to a maximum of +5. Multiple uses of this ability do not stack with themselves.
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This has been a very entertaining thread. I have played and ran for Mort's Scrollmaster Abe and that character has been very fun to play with and run for.
@Mort - do you recommend a specific school for a scroll master? I was thinking Transmutation for the stat boost.
That is what I did, however it is rarly used anymore since I have to stay in the back. Just isn't enough BAB / AC / HP to be in melee without dying. It would work well if you were a deciple of Ash though! Oh, btw, Ash died again.
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Well I am building one and what I ended up doing was buying effectively Griffon Mane parchment. It counts as a cloth/hide and it seems reasonable that they could use it as paper. The great part about it is that it's cheap (50gp/lbs), and it has hardness.
This is a good idea for mundane uses for the scrolls when they're not "activated" as blades and shields - also good if someone tries to sunder them in combat, but the -1 hp per hit would ignore the hardness, I think, based on the way it's written up in the archetype.
I'm a few games away with my scrollmaster of being able to afford some Level 6 scrolls and Fortifying Stones - that's when he starts walking around with his +3 sword +3 shield as backups for his magic. I'm still debating whether switching out of Wizard and into Magus at a certain point might be worth it.
Either way, for those keeping score, Scrollmaster has, for me so far, been a fun class to play and other players locally think it's one of the more fun things they've seen in games so far - a wizard reaching out and smacking someone with a rolled up piece of parchment and "paper cutting them to death".
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Looking at the full text:
Scroll Blade (Su): A scrollmaster can wield any paper, parchment, or cloth scroll as if it were a melee weapon. In the hands of the wizard, the scroll acts as a short sword with an enhancement bonus equal to 1/2 the level of the highest-level wizard spell on the scroll;
Activating this ability is a free action. A scroll blade only retains its abilities in the hands of the scrollmaster. The scroll blade has hardness 0 and hit points equal to the highest-level wizard spell on the scroll. Each successful hit by the scroll blade reduces its hit points by 1; this damage cannot be repaired, but does not affect casting from the scroll. When its hit points reach 0, the scroll is destroyed.
My read on that, is that regardless of the original scroll's material/etc, once it becomes a "scroll blade" in the hands of the Scrollmaster, it works under the "hardness 0 hp = highest level spell on the scroll" part, but, the special material you're talking about did come out well after this archetype, so YMMV.
This is a good question regarding special materials, so I'm going to flag it as a FAQ candidate.