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"I wouldn't know how painful it is," he said with a shrug, "except perhaps if it knows the spell and knows what will happen. You could use it straight from the scroll, or if you're anticipating multiple uses you could try scribing it." Jezz's particular brand of magic meant he didn't do a lot of scribing himself, but he knew the theory. "Once it's scribed, it can be used any number of times as long as the spellbook isn't lost and the caster has the capacity, but it loses versatility given that you have to know to study it."