Take 10 on spellcraft check?

[Manzanita]

Could a wizard attempting to add a spell to his spellbook from a scroll 'take 10' on his spellcraft check?

Assuming he has the time and proper atmosphere, what do you think?

 

[Ranes]

I've always thought he could. I've just gone over the relevant rules again and still think he could.

 

[Starglim]

He is not threatened or distracted and nothing in the skill description prevents him taking 10. My DM requires rolling though.

 

[shilsen]

Definitely.

 

[Bront]

Yes. Of course, you knew I'd agree.

 

[silentspace]

no, by the RAW

 

[silentspace]

as far as i know, the only way to do it by the raw is to be an eberron artificer. of course, that's non-srd

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

no, by the RAW

Can you provide a reference for that?

EDIT:

Are you possibly thinking of Use Magic Device, and not Spellcraft?

 

[silentspace]

it's right there in the srd, under Use Magic Device

Special: You cannot take 10 with this skill.

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

it's right there in the srd, under Use Magic Device

That's what I thought. We're talking about the Spellcraft skill, not the Use Magic Device skill.

For the record:

Spells Copied from Another’s Spellbook or a Scroll: A wizard can also add a spell to her book whenever she encounters one on a magic scroll or in another wizard’s spellbook. No matter what the spell’s source, the wizard must first decipher the magical writing (see Arcane Magical Writings, above). Next, she must spend a day studying the spell. At the end of the day, she must make a Spellcraft check (DC 15 + spell’s level). A wizard who has specialized in a school of spells gains a +2 bonus on the Spellcraft check if the new spell is from her specialty school. She cannot, however, learn any spells from her prohibited schools. If the check succeeds, the wizard understands the spell and can copy it into her spellbook (see Writing a New Spell into a Spellbook, below). The process leaves a spellbook that was copied from unharmed, but a spell successfully copied from a magic scroll disappears from the parchment.

If the check fails, the wizard cannot understand or copy the spell. She cannot attempt to learn or copy that spell again until she gains another rank in Spellcraft. A spell that was being copied from a scroll does not vanish from the scroll.

In most cases, wizards charge a fee for the privilege of copying spells from their spellbooks. This fee is usually equal to the spell’s level x50 gp.