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<blockquote data-quote="Amazing Mumford" data-source="post: 4876862" data-attributes="member: 33976">Okay, usually I don't use cursed magic items in my campaign.&nbsp; They tend to lead to player's not having a lot of fun... That being said though, there are a couple specific cursed items currently in the campaign that the PC's know about and need to retrieve.&nbsp; Without going into the exact nature/specifics of the curse, in case said PC's are scrying this thread; for the sake of argument let's say we are dealing with a cursed longsword +1.&nbsp; Now the PC's aren't foolish, they know better than to handle/fool around with the items, but the question arises when one of the PC's wants to use detect magic and identify on the item... how would this play out?&nbsp;I know the detect magic would reveal a faint evocation aura for the &quot;+1&quot;, but what (if anything) would it reveal about the curse?&nbsp; If you cast detect magic on an item you don't realize is cursed, what happens?&nbsp;Also, what exactly would the identify spell tell the caster about the item?&nbsp; What would happen if you cast an identify spell on an item that you didn't know was cursed, would it give you that info?&nbsp; Does the identify imply using/trying the item on, which would in and of itself activate the curse??</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Amazing Mumford, post: 4876862, member: 33976"] Okay, usually I don't use cursed magic items in my campaign. They tend to lead to player's not having a lot of fun... That being said though, there are a couple specific cursed items currently in the campaign that the PC's know about and need to retrieve. Without going into the exact nature/specifics of the curse, in case said PC's are [I]scrying[/I] this thread; for the sake of argument let's say we are dealing with a cursed longsword +1. Now the PC's aren't foolish, they know better than to handle/fool around with the items, but the question arises when one of the PC's wants to use [I]detect magic[/I] and [I]identify[/I] on the item... how would this play out? I know the [I]detect magic[/I] would reveal a faint evocation aura for the "+1", but what (if anything) would it reveal about the curse? If you cast [I]detect magic[/I] on an item you don't realize is cursed, what happens? Also, what exactly would the [I]identify[/I] spell tell the caster about the item? What would happen if you cast an [I]identify[/I] spell on an item that you didn't know was cursed, would it give you that info? Does the [I]identify[/I] imply using/trying the item on, which would in and of itself activate the curse?? [/QUOTE]

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