Striker's Scroll question...


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Reading the Striker's Scroll Magus feat, I came to wonder if a Magus that had a scroll in one hand and a weapon in the other could Spellstrike with its spell.

The feat specifically mentions it allows the Magus to use the spell on the scroll as part of the Spellstrike ability, so I am in doubt as to whether Striker's Scroll would be the only way for a Magus to Spellstrike with a scroll spell or if it is just the most efficient way to do it.


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I don't see anything that precludes a Magus from casting a spell from a held scroll for Spellstrike. Striker's Scroll seems like it exists to enable an Inexorable Iron magus to access scrolls with a two handed weapon. Though any magus could probably benefit from not having to hold a scroll to cast from it. It just benefits Inexorable Iron the most imo.


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No reason you can't use it with spellstrike, as long as you are attacking one handed.

Tricky to use with sparkling targe. Works with Laughing shadow (although is the hand empty when you actually attack? Probably not as the spell hasn't resolved yet, so no damage boost to flat footed)


richienvh wrote:

Reading the Striker's Scroll Magus feat, I came to wonder if a Magus that had a scroll in one hand and a weapon in the other could Spellstrike with its spell.

The feat specifically mentions it allows the Magus to use the spell on the scroll as part of the Spellstrike ability, so I am in doubt as to whether Striker's Scroll would be the only way for a Magus to Spellstrike with a scroll spell or if it is just the most efficient way to do it.

The feat is mainly to save yourself the action to pull out the scroll and to keep your hand open for things that need it like Laughing Shadow's bonus damage. As to why it states you can use it in a spellstrike is because of the next line: "You can't Cast the Spell in any other way while it's affixed". This means that you save actions in combat by making unusable for anything BUT spellstrike.

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