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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 4059287" data-attributes="member: 18280">To each his own.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> In a lower-magic world, such as mine, each magic item has more importance, and figuring it out is part of the fun and challenge of playing the game.&nbsp; Having played both ways, from either side of the screen, I know that I prefer the in-game verisimilitude of figuring things out to the DM-gimme of being told.&nbsp; I understand, though, that there are folks who feel that my &quot;in-game verisimilitude&quot; is a bore-fest, while my &quot;DM-gimme&quot; is a convenience.(I just don't agree with them, and deep down suspect that they've never encountered a &quot;good&quot; version of in-game verisimilitude.&nbsp; Of course, it is always hard to determine what the objective truth is where one's deeply ingrained subjective values are involved.&nbsp; On either side of the equation.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> )OTOH, I guess it would be fair to say that in your games choosing the learn the Identify spell is a poor choice indeed?RC</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 4059287, member: 18280"] To each his own. :D In a lower-magic world, such as mine, each magic item has more importance, and figuring it out is part of the fun and challenge of playing the game. Having played both ways, from either side of the screen, I know that I prefer the in-game verisimilitude of figuring things out to the DM-gimme of being told. I understand, though, that there are folks who feel that my "in-game verisimilitude" is a bore-fest, while my "DM-gimme" is a convenience. (I just don't agree with them, and deep down suspect that they've never encountered a "good" version of in-game verisimilitude. Of course, it is always hard to determine what the objective truth is where one's deeply ingrained subjective values are involved. On either side of the equation. ;) ) OTOH, I guess it would be fair to say that in your games choosing the learn the [i]Identify[/i] spell is a poor choice indeed? RC [/QUOTE]

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