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<blockquote data-quote="Gina" data-source="post: 1356095" data-attributes="member: 10990">So, in our game, we have run into something that I have seen in many previous groups. You find a bunch of stuff. It's nice stuff, much of it magical. Potions, pearls and other gems that radiate magic, the odd ring....but then, your mage doesn't have the Identify spell, you don't have any pearls (exept the magical ones you want to identify). Spellcraft can help somewhat, but you can't try again if you don't get anything the first time, and only the wizard has any chance of meeting the DC of 25 to figure it out. In our party's case, we are also in a place where it would not be very efficient to run into town and in any case, I expect that it is unlilkely that we could find pearls anyway, being far from the sea and in kind of a &quot;backwater&quot; area.So, what do you do? Do you randomly use items and hope for the best? Or just carry the stuff around until you can get what you need to identify it all?Or is there some third possibility that I have not thought of? Over and over I have been in groups that have lugged around some really cool stuff and never used it because they didn't know exactly what it was. In the end, things that you never use are so much dead weight as well as lost opportunities. Thanks!Gina</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gina, post: 1356095, member: 10990"] So, in our game, we have run into something that I have seen in many previous groups. You find a bunch of stuff. It's nice stuff, much of it magical. Potions, pearls and other gems that radiate magic, the odd ring....but then, your mage doesn't have the Identify spell, you don't have any pearls (exept the magical ones you want to identify). Spellcraft can help somewhat, but you can't try again if you don't get anything the first time, and only the wizard has any chance of meeting the DC of 25 to figure it out. In our party's case, we are also in a place where it would not be very efficient to run into town and in any case, I expect that it is unlilkely that we could find pearls anyway, being far from the sea and in kind of a "backwater" area. So, what do you do? Do you randomly use items and hope for the best? Or just carry the stuff around until you can get what you need to identify it all? Or is there some third possibility that I have not thought of? Over and over I have been in groups that have lugged around some really cool stuff and never used it because they didn't know exactly what it was. In the end, things that you never use are so much dead weight as well as lost opportunities. Thanks! Gina [/QUOTE]

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