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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 8734366" data-attributes="member: 6704184">I think it’s more the culture of “if it is codified in any way to a specific character type, you can’t do it without taking that option.” It’s an absurd perspective on the game, but sadly widespread. In reality, the BM having Disarming Strike tells us nothing at all about whether you can disarm someone. It just tells us that the BM who takes that maneuver can do so as part of a single attack, with a damage bonus on top, and can choose to do it after seeing that they’ve hit. The difference is huge. Just the action economy and being able to choose it when you land a hit is incredible. Likewise, letting Arcana allow you to figure out magical fields and items and such doesn’t negate Detect Magic and Identify. Those spells remain the only way to just snap your fingers and get the info, no check required. Identify remains the only way to find out the item is cursed. Etc.</blockquote>