>Now that scroll use has been moved to the "mystic path", will
>thieves finally use scrolls decently?

Depends on how far down the arcane path they go.

>I played a bard and a thief back-to-back and the failure rate
>for thieves was INCREDIBLY higher, making it nearly completely
>useless to even attempt to use a scroll unless you have 20 of
>them. But I was wondering... Now that it is more of a
>specialization skill, will they finally get a little added
>boost?

I would disagree with "incredibly", but yes they don't do it as well as bards.