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    \$\begingroup\$ My problem is the wording of magic savant: "you ignore... requirements on... using a magic item." This doesn't say you ignore the requirements to use it, you ignore the requirements on using it, what exactly does that mean? does it include requirements in relation to using, not just requirements to use a magic item? "if... you must..." By definition a requirement is a condition that must be satisfied, in this case for a result. You are required to be able to cast the level of spell on the scroll to avoid being required to make the check. It is a requirement, but not to use the scroll. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Dec 14, 2019 at 2:35
  • \$\begingroup\$ So the question is, what is a "requirement on using" something. And if this includes any requirements entailed within the item, not just requirements to use it; then is the requirement to be able to cast spells of the same level as the spell on the spell scroll, in order to not not be required to succeed an ability check to cast, considered a "spell" requirement. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Dec 14, 2019 at 2:45
  • \$\begingroup\$ Your edit should be reverted Ruse, "requirement on" is bad English. Requirement 'for' is best, requirement 'to' works but is also bad. The issue I'm having with the feature is how the language is poorly used. 'On' is a preposition putting one noun in a physical position usually related to the position of another noun. In a more vague use of 'on,' the phrase "requirement on using" is relating the requirements to the use of the item, not fitting it as a requirement specifically for the use of the item. This could mean a requirement that exists because the item is used. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Dec 14, 2019 at 3:53
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    \$\begingroup\$ My issue with this answer is that you technically can't use a spell scroll of a higher level than you can normally cast without making the ability check in the first place. Therefore, the ability check should count as part of "using a magic item" because without it you can't even use the spell scroll in the first place. This means that it's a requirement which you would ignore (thus allowing Artificers to ignore the need for an ability check when using 6th to 9th-level scrolls). \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jan 18, 2020 at 22:51