I mean with arcane lore being the first skill you get, would you be able to use scrolls that normal thieves wouldn't? Scrolls that only a student of the arcane could use? And if no, why not?

Thieves have a higher failure rate at using scrolls than those of mages. Arcane lore basically takes that penalty away, I believe is what it's meaning. Nothing more, nothing less.

Speaking of Arcane path, has anyone taken it up to hypnotize? How is the skill? Have a log of it working?

I admit that I've been playing thieves since the mini-revamp instead of my usual ranger garbage, and it's fun. May try an arcane path thief next.

From what I gather, it just makes it so your mystic thief doesn't ~fail~ reciting scrolls as much as a normal thief would.

I'm more curious if it lets you somehow cast the spell contained in the scroll at a higher level than a normal thief. Like spellcraft.

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Scrolls is the first skill in the mystic path. Arcane lore is the second. Arcane lore makes it so you can recite scrolls "better".