Draft:Asuka the Swordswoman DC:Scroll

Scrolls have existed in all Shiren games. 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 Asuka the Swordswoman. Scrolls are normally single-use magic items. You read them, they have an immediate, one-time magic effect, then they disappear. Reading them identifies that type in your current save file. The game doesn't directly tell you which scrolls you've read so you have to do so yourself. You can write any scroll you've ever read before (in any run) on a Blank Scroll to turn the Blank Scroll into the desired scroll. Soaked scrolls and Blank Scroll don't have any effect and will be wasted when read. You don't need a copy of the desired scroll on hand, you can write a new copy from memory, 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. Note also that this means that, the more different types of scrolls you have read, the easier all future runs become.

A sealed scroll can't be read and only does 2 HP of damage if you throw it at a monster. 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 jar (the larger the better) 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 jar intact. This trick can be used to great effect in many ways, such as maxing out the upgrade value of equipment (Earth Bless and Air Bless Scrolls), Removing curses from items (Blessing Scroll), and making an infinite use melding jar (Extraction, Jar Growth). 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 (anything in main inventory or on the floor at your feet), or you can cancel out if so desired.
• Drop them: One scroll(?) acts in a special ways by dropping them on regular ground. These won't trigger when dropped in shops or in places such as during boss fights, but trigger anywhere else they are dropped or thrown. Note that you'll still need to read (and thus waste) 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, 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: Any?

Scrolls

Scroll		Shops		Description
Name	Japanese	Cost	Value
Light Scroll	あかりの巻物			When read, the floor map, items, and monsters will be revealed.
Lightning Scroll	いかずちの巻物			When read, all monsters in the room will take Thunder damage.
Scroll of Fire Pillar	炎上の巻物			Creates pillars of fire around Asuka.
Great Hall Scroll	大部屋の巻物			Converts the entire current floor into one big room.
Blessing Scroll	おはらいの巻物			When read, the Curse on one item will be lifted.
Distress Scroll	困った時の巻物			Read this scroll only when in dire need. Otherwise, it will have no effect.
Scroll of Trouble	困った巻物			Causes trouble.
Confusion Scroll	混乱の巻物			When read, all the monsters in the room will become Confused.
Identity Scroll	識別の巻物			When read, one item will be identified.
Extraction Scroll	すいだしの巻物			When read, items inside jars can be extracted.
Sanctuary Scroll	聖域の巻物			Place this scroll on the floor to create a sanctuary, where monsters will be unable to do direct damage.
Paranoia Scroll	ゾワゾワの巻物			When read, all monsters in the room will become Paranoid.
Soil Bless Scroll	地の恵みの巻物			When read, the strength of a shield will increase by one.
Jar Growth Scroll	壺増大の巻物			When read, the capacity of a jar will increase by one.
Jar Saving Scroll	壺われずの巻物			Prevents jars from being broken.
Scroll of Copy	転写の眷物			Copies another scroll.
Air Bless Scroll	天の恵みの巻物			When read, the strength of a weapon will increase by one.
Warpless Scroll	飛ばすの巻物			Asuka and monsters can no longer throw items.
Soaked Scroll	ぬれた巻物			This scroll is too soggy to read.
Elimination Scroll	ねだやしの巻物			It works like the Scroll of Removal, but with 1 difference: only works with specific level monsters. So, if you throw it at a level 1 Dragon, that means level 2, 3, and 4 Dragons will still appear (needs confirmation).
Blank Scroll	白紙の巻物			Write the name of a scroll you have previously read to turn this scroll into that one.
Sleep Scroll	バクスイの巻物			When read, all monsters in the room will fall Asleep. Once awakened their speed will increase.
Scroll of Fasten	はりつけの巻物			It locks monsters in their current positions.
Scroll of Return	引き上げの巻物			Allows Asuka to escape the dungeon but all non-equipped items will be lost.*
Scroll of Fire	火種の蓋物			Fires items in the room.
Homing Scroll	必中の巻物			Asuka and monsters attacks always hit.
Scroll of Fight	フアイトの巻物			Increases Asuka and allies power and defense by 50%.
Drought Scroll	水がれの巻物			When read, any water on the current floor will dry up.
Scroll of Water	水びだしの巻物			It makes the dungeon wet.
Plating Scroll	メッキの巻物			When read, equipment will gain a rust-proof plating.
Escape Scroll	持ち帰りの巻物			Allows Asuka to escape the dungeon with all her items intact.**
Monster Scroll	モンスターハウスの巻物			Reading this scroll is to accept the monsters' invitation to their house.
Scroll of Falling Rocks	落石の誉物			It makes many rocks come down.
Trap Killer Scroll	ワナ消しの巻物			When read, all traps on the floor will be eliminated.
Traps Scroll	ワナの巻物			When read, the number of traps on the floor will increase.

Notes

• Names in bold might not have official English translations.
• This page is based on the Shiren 3 scrolls list but this page could still use testing and updated information. This should at least cover the basics if you're familiar with other games in the series.
• Distress Scroll can also be referred to as Scroll of Need in Shiren 1.
• Shield upgrading scrolls are referred to as Earth Bless or Soil Bless interchangeably.
• Elimination Scroll description taken from Magic Castle DS. This may not match any official release.
• *The Scroll of Return description sounds exactly the same as how escape scrolls in Moonlight Village GB work.
• ** Spelled different than other escape scrolls but works the same as the one in Shiren 3.

References

Scrolls list and translations taken from: