D&D General identifying the most potent magic items

[le Redoutable]

by use of Tools = Dexterity x Intuition
Dexterity to Handle items
Intuition to Understand the Inner Capabilities of a given object

 

[MarkB]

Sounds good for understanding from first principles, but what about bringing established knowledge, expertise and lore to bear?

 

[le Redoutable]

I could improvise telling that Legend and Lore feats are a little mystical, like Fauna / Flora identification ...
but that's only impro ( to stay tuned )