Papers

Papers may be used by anyone, regardless of class. An 8 is required to cast if the spell is outside your spell list, a 5 if it is within. Thus, a Mage could read a paper of an Offensive or Defensive Illusionist spell such as Dazzling Light with an 8 required to cast it successfully. Pure fighters require a roll of 13 or better to read, and martial artists may not use papers.

Papers are destroyed the moment they are read, but are not subject to backfiring on a To Cast roll of 1. While anyone can purchase any type of paper (tournament spells excluded), Guild papers may only be used by those characters who are able to cast the spell without. Thus a Cleric of any guild may read a Paper of Sanctuary, but a Paladin or an unguilded Cleric may not.