Scrolls&Wands, Simple question Options

[Salk]

Hello!

I am at the moment unable to verify directly but I wonder if I remember well.

Is it true that both in Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2 a magic user (both divine and arcane) can use wands or read scrolls with spells that are of much higher level than he/she could actually master ?

In short, is it true that I can, example, read and start the effects of a Lightning Bolt scroll having a second level Mage read it ?

If this is true, I think it would be definitely something that I'd like to see corrected. I don't know what the AD&D 2ed. says about this but I'd think it shouldn't be at all allowed.

If instead I am just misremembering then sorry for the stupid question!

[Salk]

Baronius,

it would be nice if some modder here at The Black Wyrm would like to create a simple tweak that would forbid Magic and Divine user to take advantage of scrolls and items that contain spells that are beyond the comprehension of a practitioner.

Do you think it's technically possible to do something like this ?

In short, I'd like to create a Mod that, according to me and perhaps others, would fix a critical inconsistency of the ufficial rules. I don't know how to mod myself so I'd be just willing to have this idea implemented by someone else.

The idea would be to either gray out such scrolls/untill the user has the skill that comes only by the combination of a high enough ability (Int or Wis or Cha) and level. It's simpli ridicolous that a first level Mage with Intelligence might cast a Wish spell only because it's written on a scroll. I wonder actually why nobody else has though of such thing before...

What do you think ? It should not be too hard, should it ?

This post has been edited by Salk: Oct 1 2005, 06:25 PM