Tactics Scrolls - How do I use them?

[II-6th LA(D) CPL Kuno von Moltke]

I have a Cyclops tactics scroll in my inventory and passed it to my pawn but I cannot seem to use it. How do these work?

[Emerald Unicorn]

You use it from your own inventory and it will give the knowledge to all pawns currently in your group. If all pawns already know the tactic then it won't be usable, noted by the text in the bottom left if you try to use it and the option is greyed out.

[thrashie]

you activate them by selecting use from your inventory, but if all pawns (yours and/or hired) already know the tactic it wont do anything.
Think it even shows a little text somewhere on screen saying something about it when you try to use it.

[II-6th LA(D) CPL Kuno von Moltke]

Thank you

[Spelunker]

Just a thought if you want to be super nice to other pawns. Duplicate any tactics scrolls you find at the Black Cat BEFORE you use them so that you always have a least one spare. You can then increase the bestiary knowledge of any pawns you subsequently hire.

There is no real need to do this, but it's a nice thing to do when hiring and will make the pawns you use more useful to you as well as to their player. It may also up the chance of that player hiring your own pawn if you've been helpful to them.

Cynka who is always really helpful to other players did this for me and since then I've started doing it too. I get a bit of satisfaction in improving the pawns I hire if I can, whether that's increased knowledge, better equipment, upgrade materials or just RC. It's one of the things I like about this game.

There are 33 different tactics scrolls in the game so obviously if you were to use a load of them on every pawn you hire you'd spend ages just doing forgeries at the Black Cat. I usually limit it to a few per pawn, in particular those I think will be most useful during the time they're with me.

N.B. I'm assuming you're a new player so have added a link about the Black Cat just in case you don't know about it yet.

http://dragonsdogma.wikia.com/wiki/The_Black_Cat
http://dragonsdogma.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Enemy_Strategy_Scrolls

[II-6th LA(D) CPL Kuno von Moltke]

That is a good idea.Im reaching the point in the game (I'm 64) where it seems all the quests are merely gathering ones or killing quotas.Ive been away from the game for awhile but is that all I have left for questing?

[Emerald Unicorn]

I feel like I have done a lot of the game, myself, though I am still working through BBI. But my pawn has stars for enemies that are still unknown.

[Spelunker]

Originally posted by Kuno von Moltke:

That is a good idea.Im reaching the point in the game (I'm 64) where it seems all the quests are merely gathering ones or killing quotas.Ive been away from the game for awhile but is that all I have left for questing?

It depends on where you are in the main story line. There are 7 stages but it's worth remembering that some side quests will no longer be available (until NG+) when you move to the next stage so if you're a completionist then do all side quests first. helpfully when you get to one of these points e.g. handing in the "Wyrmhunt" Quests or "Come to Court" Quests the NPC you hand them in to will ask if you are ready to proceed. The wiki gives full details if you want to check if you're safe to proceed.

After the main game there is still the Everfall to explore and BBI but theses only have a limited number of quests and are as you say mostly gathering or killing beast ones.

http://dragonsdogma.wikia.com/wiki/Quests

[II-6th LA(D) CPL Kuno von Moltke]

Thank you for that information. Much appreciated