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Scrolls (Japanese: 巻物) are projectile items that appears in Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate. There are fifty-three variants of them in total.

Summary

Scrolls exist and are basically the same in all Shiren games. In fact, scrolls existed and exist in Rogue itself and behave in very similar ways in all roguelikes. Both the behavior of scrolls as a category and the specific set of scrolls available in each game are very similar across all games in the series. Regardless, this page describes how Scrolls work in Shiren 5.

Scrolls are normally single-use magic items. You read them, they have an immediate magic effect, then they disappear. Reading them identifies that type in your current game state, registers that type in your Item Book if it wasn't already registered, and adds a little check mark in your Item Book too if you had never read that type before. If you identify one without reading it, it will be registered in your Item Book but without a check mark. The game only tracks the prior usage status of Scrolls, not any other category of item, via this check mark. It's important to read every type of scroll at least once, because you can write any scroll you've ever read before on a Blank Scroll to turn the Blank Scroll into the desired scroll. You don't need a copy of the desired scroll on hand, you can write a new copy from memory on any Blank Scroll, and doing so doesn't take a turn either. This makes Blank Scrolls arguably the most powerful items in the game. You can carry a few with you, leaving them blank until you need them, and immediately react to any situation without losing a turn to write any scroll you need. Sheer awesome. Note also that this means that, the more different types of scrolls you have read, the easier all future runs become, in all locations. The power of Blank Scrolls is the main reason to collect points, because you can buy as many Blank Scrolls as you want from the Points Shop in Nekomaneki Village for a mere 200 points each.

Scrolls can be blessed or sealed but not cursed . A sealed scroll can't be read and only does 2 HP of damage if you throw it at a creature and hit. Reading a blessed scroll usually consumes the blessing but leaves the scroll intact, which can then be re-blessed and re-read indefinitely so long as you can keep blessing it. One useful trick here is to use a Blessing Pot to re-bless any un-blessed scrolls you want to read repeatedly, then use more Blank Scrolls as Extraction Scrolls to extract the blessed scrolls while leaving the Blessing Pot intact. This trick can be used to great effect in many ways, such as repeatedly looting a Pick-A-Choice shop in perfect safety , leveling up equipment to maximum level , maxing out the upgrade value of equipment , blessing everything you own for greater protection , or maxing out your wallet while at a shop . One notable exception to this pattern is that reading a blessed Extraction Scroll consumes the whole scroll not just the blessing, but at least it blesses any items extracted.

There are multiple different sub-types of Scrolls. When making new item scrolls in secret pots, the random effects assigned seem to always be within a single sub-type, though this needs more testing. The sub-types are best used in different ways:

• Read them, with no target: Most scrolls are best used simply by reading them, and, they don't let you select a target. As soon as you try to read them, you will likely succeed and they will disappear, with no way to cancel the action.
• Read them, with a target item: Some scrolls need to be read to be used but also require an item target. When you read them, you are then given a chance to select which item to target a copy in order to be able to write your own copies later. When you drop these, they get stuck to the ground and have an "open scroll" icon instead of the normal "closed scroll" icon, and you can no longer pick them up or read them in this state. But if they were blessed when you dropped them or you bless them while they're stuck to the ground, you can pick them up again or read them; the blessing is consumed but you can use them twice, just like other scrolls.
• Throw them: A few scrolls are best used as projectiles against monsters. Examples include Squid Sushi and Extinction Scrolls. Again, you'll need to read a copy to be able to write your own copies later.
• Use them in special ways with shopkeepers: A few scrolls can also be used in unique ways with shopkeepers. Examples include Identify Scroll, Recommend. Letter, and Commend. Letter., each of which can be consumed by giving them to a shopkeeper. Note that an Identify Scroll is both an item-targeting scroll and a give-to-shopkeeper scroll. Reading a Coupon Scroll also has an effect on shops/shopkeepers but you can't give one to a shopkeeper. See the chart below for details.

Most scrolls can only be read during the daytime or when you have a torch equipped, but a small number of scrolls can be read in the dark.

It can be tricky to find some scrolls. There is a method of last resort to find every type of scroll, which is to always carry a Blank Scroll with you and hope to find the wandering calligrapher. The calligrapher is an old woman Character who can be found in dungeons that allow wandering Characters such as the Tower of Fortune itself or Inori Cave 70F and deeper. She asks you for a Blank Scroll, and if you give it to her, she will either destroy it by writing something useless on it, turning it into a Piece of Paper, or she will write a scroll of a type that you have never read before. There seems to be a 50% chance of each outcome, though if you've already read every type of scroll, she will presumably always destroy your Blank Scrolls after that.

Scrolls

Here are all the items in this category, in Item Book order:

File:Shiren 5 - Scroll.png Scrolls		Shops		In-Game Description
English	Japanese	Cost	Value
Confusion Scroll	混乱の巻物	1,000	350	Read this to give all monsters in the room Confused status. In passageways, monsters around you will be given Confused status. (Monsters afflicted with Confused status will have erratic movements and attacks.)
Slumber Scroll	バクスイの巻物	1,000	350	Read this to give all monsters in the room Sound Asleep status. In passageways, monsters around you will be given Sound Asleep status. (Monsters afflicted with Sound Asleep status will fall Asleep and are immobile. They will wake later with buffed stats, so stay alert.)
Vacuum Slash Scroll	真空斬りの巻物	1,000	350	Read this to deal damage to all monsters in the same room. When read in a passageway, you will deal damage to monsters around you.
Fear Scroll	ゾワゾワの巻物	800	280	Read this to give monsters around you Afraid status. (With Afraid status, they deal attacks in the opposite direction.)
Escape Scroll	脱出の巻物	100	35	Read this to return to the village with your items and Gitan.
Navigation Scroll	あかりの巻物	100	35	Reading this will tell you the layout of the floor and reveal the locations of items and monsters.
Dispel Aura Scroll	オーラ消しの巻物	1,000	350	Read this to remove all creatures who have an aura (Red Aura status, Blue Aura status, Yellow Aura status) from the floor. Additionally, this floor will not spawn any more monsters with auras.
Trap Deletion Scrl	ワナ消しの巻物	800	280	Read this to delete all traps on this floor.
Desert Scroll	水がれの巻物	800	280	Read this to change the water tiles on the current floor to ground tiles.
Night-Day Scroll	昼夜の巻物	1,000	350	Read this during the daytime to make it become night. Read this at night to make it become daytime.
Swift Foe Scroll	敵加速の巻物	1,000	350	Read this to boost the action level of monsters in the room by 1 level. When read in a passageway, it'll raise the action speed of monsters around you by 1 level.
Monster House Scroll	魔物部屋の巻物	1,000	350	Read this to make a monster house appear. When read in a passageway, you'll warp to a room and then the monster house will appear.
Trap Scroll	ワナの巻物	800	280	Read this to be able to place lots of traps.
Lost Scroll	迷子の巻物	3,000	1050	Read this to forget the terrain of the floor.
Identify Scroll	識別の巻物	200	70	Read this and select an item to identify it.
Exorcism Scroll	おはらいの巻物	500	175	Read this and then select an item to remove the Curse or Seal from it. (Sealed items will lose their effects. Cursed equipment can't be unequipped.)
Fate Scroll	天の恵みの巻物	500	175	Read this and select a weapon to upgrade it.
Earth Scroll	地の恵みの巻物	500	175	Read this and select a shield to upgrade it.
Plating Scroll	メッキの巻物	500	175	Read this and select a weapon or shield to plate it. (Plated equipment will never rust and its upgraded value will never decrease.)
Tag Scroll	タグの巻物	500	175	Reading this will let you place a tag on a selected weapon or shield.
Sale Scroll	換金の巻物	500	175	Read this and select an item to exchange it for what it's worth in Gitan.
Onigiri Scroll	おにぎりの巻物	500	175	Read this and select an item to turn it into Large Onigiri.
Pot God Scroll	壺増大の巻物	500	175	Read this and select a pot to increase its capacity by 1. (A pot's max capacity is 5.)
Extraction Scroll	吸い出しの巻物	500	175	Read this and select a pot to extract the contents to your surroundings.
Blessing Scroll	祝福の巻物	500	175	Read this and select an item to bless it. (Blessed items will have boosted effects.)
Curse Scroll	たたりの巻物	500	175	Read this and select an item to make it Cursed or Sealed. (Sealed items will lose their effects. Cursed equipment can't be removed.)
Immunity Scroll	予防の巻物	1,000	350	Reading this will remove status effects ailing you and your allies. You and your allies will also get Immune status. (Immune status will prevent you from getting status ailments.)
Replenish Scroll	技回復の巻物	1,000	350	Reading this will allow you to reuse techniques you have used on this floor.
Muzzled Scroll	くちなしの巻物	800	280	Read this to inflict Muzzled status upon yourself. (Muzzled status restricts actions that require your mouth, like reading aloud or eating.)
Grounded Scroll	拾えずの巻物	800	280	Read this to inflict Grounded status upon yourself. (Grounded status will prevent you from picking up items on the ground.)
Attraction Scroll	ひきよせの巻物	800	280	If you read this on the floor where you have an ally, you'll attract the ally to your location. If you have no allies, you'll attract a dropped item or a monster.
Gathering Scroll	集合の巻物	300	105	If you read it when there are allies on the same floor, you can draw them to your position. If you don't have any allies, then monsters will come instead.
Collection Scroll	道具寄せの巻物	300	105	Reading this will draw in all items on the ground on the same floor.
Oil Scroll	オイルの巻物	100	35	Dropping this will stick it to the ground. Monsters you step on top of it will get Tottering status. If flying creatures hover over it, they will take burning damage. (Monsters afflicted with Tottering status are immobile and have decreased defense.)
Sanctuary Scroll	聖域の巻物	3,000	1050	If you drop this, it will stick to the ground. While you are on top of it you won't be directly attacked by monsters. If you place 2 of these on the same floor, the first one you placed will disappear.
Light Scroll	光の巻物	100	35	Drop it to make it stick on the ground. Rooms with this scroll will be brightly lit even during night. If you stick it in a passageway, only the tile you stuck it to will be brightened. After placing 5 of these on a floor, the ones you placed earlier will begin to disappear.
Recommend Letter	紹介状	100	35	A letter you present to Proprietor so they grant you access to the special store. (No need to read it yourself.)
Squid Sushi Scroll	いかすしの巻物	300	105	Squid sushi roll scroll. Eat the sushi to replenish fullness. This scroll will self-destruct after being read. What a waste!
Fixer Scroll	困った時の巻物	1,000	350	Read this to restore your HP to max value. Also, if you're surrounded by monsters, hungry, your equipment is Cursed, and it's night and there's no light anywhere, it will help you with one of those things. (May be read at night without light.)
Gambler's Scroll	バクチの巻物	1,000	350	What happens when you read this? You won't know until you read it.
Extinction Scroll	ねだやしの巻物	10,000	3,500	When thrown at a monster, all types of that particular monster are exterminated and will not appear for the rest of the adventure. If you try to exterminate another type of monster, the one that you previously exterminated will being appearing again.
Expulsion Scroll	全滅の巻物	3,000	1,050	Read this to make monster in the same room vanish. When read in a passageway, you will make the monsters around you vanish.
Blank Scroll	白紙の巻物	5,000	1,750	Write the name of a scroll you've read before, and you can use this scroll just like you used the original. Once you write to this scroll, it cannot be written on again.
Coupon Scroll	タダの巻物	500	175	Reading this will make the storekeeper give you items for free.
Arbor Scroll	枝回復の巻物	1,000	350	Read this to heal a damaged branch somewhere in the world.
Mate Scroll	夫の恵みの巻物	500	175	Read this to acquire a good mate. The effects you gain will be entirely dependent on the mate you receive.
Darth Scroll	他の恵みの巻物	500	175	Read this to make all items you didn't select stronger.
Pot Dog Scroll	壺増犬の巻物	500	175	Read this to make a dog bark and attract an elephant.
Nixer Scroll	国った時の巻物	1,000	350	Read this to confess your love to monsters. If your confession works, you'll get a token of their affection, but if it is rebuffed, you'll take damage. Rumor says that yelling your declaration into a mic helps your odds. This rumor was debunked.
Commend Letter	召介状	100	35	Show this to Proprietor at a special store to be able to buy food. You can read it yourself to buy food, too.
Bankruptcy Scroll	金滅の巻物	3,000	1,050	Read this to make all the Gitan you have vanish into thin air.
Wet Scroll	ぬれた巻物	10	3	If you try to read it, it will tear. After you've walked for a while, it'll dry out, and you'll be able to read it. If you put it in a pot, it won't dry.
Piece of Paper	ただの紙切れ	10	3	Reading this piece of paper has no particular effect.

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