Editing Yagura:SRD:Learning Spells (section)

===Magical Writings===

To record a spell in written form, a character uses complex notation that describes the magical forces involved in the spell. The writer uses the same system regardless of language or culture. However, each character uses the system in a unique way. Another person’s magical writing remains incomprehensible to even the most powerful spellcaster until time is invested to study and decipher it.

To decipher a magical writing (such as a single spell in written form in another’s spellbook or on a scroll), you must make a INSERTSKILLHERE check ([[Yagura:SRD:DC|DC]] 20 + the spell’s level). If the [[Yagura:SRD:Skill Check|skill check]] fails, you cannot attempt to read that particular spell again until the next day. A ''read magic ''spell automatically deciphers a magical writing without a skill check. If the person who created the magical writing is on hand to help the reader, success is also automatic.

Once you decipher a particular magical writing, you do not need to decipher it again. Deciphering a magical writing allows you to identify the spell and gives some idea of its effects (as explained in the spell description). If the magical writing was a scroll and you can cast that spell, you can attempt to use the scroll.