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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 7591519" data-attributes="member: 6779196"><p>Well that’s just the thing. You wouldn’t. You would say “I carfully study the runes to see if I can decipher their meaning,” or ask “do I recognize these runes from my study of Arcana?” or something along those lines. Maybe if you can read the language they’re written in, the DM just tells you what they say. Maybe if they’re in a long-forgotten language that has passed completely out of mortal memory, the DM just tells you you can’t decipher them no matter how hard you try. Maybe they think you might be able to read them given enough time, but time is not of the essence, so they just tell you “after several dozen minutes of careful study, you determine [whatever].” Or maybe time is of the essence, so they say “It’s going to take some time. If you study them for 10 minutes and succeed on a DC 15 Intelligence check, you’ll be able to decipher them.” and you ask “would my Arcana proficiency be applicable?”</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 7591519, member: 6779196"] Well that’s just the thing. You wouldn’t. You would say “I carfully study the runes to see if I can decipher their meaning,” or ask “do I recognize these runes from my study of Arcana?” or something along those lines. Maybe if you can read the language they’re written in, the DM just tells you what they say. Maybe if they’re in a long-forgotten language that has passed completely out of mortal memory, the DM just tells you you can’t decipher them no matter how hard you try. Maybe they think you might be able to read them given enough time, but time is not of the essence, so they just tell you “after several dozen minutes of careful study, you determine [whatever].” Or maybe time is of the essence, so they say “It’s going to take some time. If you study them for 10 minutes and succeed on a DC 15 Intelligence check, you’ll be able to decipher them.” and you ask “would my Arcana proficiency be applicable?” [/QUOTE]

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