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Regarding the Scrollmaster archetype for the wizard from ultimate magic. Just looking for clarity. Not pushing an angle.
Ability starts like this:
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; 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.
So, sounds pretty clear that a cantrip scroll would be a masterwork shortsword.
And here's where it becomes murky (second paragraph of the same class feature):
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.
Now it sounds like a 0-level spell scroll would have 0 HP and therefore would be destroyed right when you tried to use it as a spellblade.
So, which is it? Is a cantrip scroll a masterwork shortsword? Or am I unable to use a cantrip scroll as a spell blade?
Full text of the class archetype is found here or here
Same exact issue with cantrip scrolls on the second ability of this archetype, the Spellshield (Su).
They probably forgot to add "Minimum 1 hit point for scrolls that have 0 level spells".