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So I'm taking the kids through the basic adventure from the starter set. They found a scroll with fireball (4). Now the wizard can use the scroll to add the spell to his spellbook, but does that use all 4 instances of the fireball or just one? Conversely, if you find a scroll (4) and use 3, can it still be used to add the spell to your spellbook?

Cheers.

EDIT: Previous answer in this post was wrong.

The rules aren't 100% clear. However I'd assume only one instance was consume or needed. This is the kind of nitty-gritty call it's probably better to just make than scour books for the correct answer.

I agree. I figured that adding it to the spellbook basically consumed one instance of the spell.

For scrolls with multiple spells on them (including copies of the same one) we’ve always played it as each is separate for things like this. Basically, you have four scrolls of fireball stapled together. You can scribe one, and still have the other 3 for use.

The only real perk of having them all on one scroll is the fact that you only need to pull it out once.

YMMV, check with your local GM, etc...