RAW, yes. Per the DMG: “Any creature that can understand a written language can read the arcane script on a scroll and attempt to activate it.” So, realistically, if you can read any one language, you can make it out, and we assume, you get to know what it is before you try and activate it.
Does it take an action to use a spell scroll?
A scroll is a consumable magic item. Whatever the nature of the magic contained in a scroll, unleashing that magic requires using an action to read the scroll. When its magic has been invoked, the scroll can’t be used again. Its words fade, or it crumbles into dust.
Can you cast a spell from a spell scroll?
A spell scroll bears the words of a single spell, written in a mystical cipher. If the spell is on your class’s spell list, you can read the scroll and cast its spell without providing any material components. Otherwise, the scroll is unintelligible. Casting the spell by reading the scroll requires the spell’s normal casting time.
How do you identify what spell is on a spell?
If the spell is on your class’s spell list you can use an action to read the scroll and cast its spell. So if a wizard were to pick up a spell scroll containing a wizard spell, the wizard would be able to identify it.
What to do if you find a scroll in RuneScape?
If you find a scroll, you can try to figure out what spell it contains. If the spell is a common spell from your spell list or a spell you know, you can spend a single Recall Knowledge action and automatically succeed at identifying the scroll’s spell. If it’s not, you must use Identify Magic (page 238) to learn what spell the scroll holds.
What happens when a spell disappears from the spell scroll?
If the spell is on your class’s spell list but of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast it successfully. The DC equals 10 + the spell’s level. On a failed check, the spell disappears from the scroll with no other effect.
