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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 8581918" data-attributes="member: 2012">[USER=24380]@Neurotic[/USER],You had mentioned other ways to identify magic items besides the Identify spell and I wasn't able to confirm those rules before. Now that I have the Rules Compendium, I've discovered the power of using Skills to identify items.A DC 30 Knowledge (arcana) check means that a character has knowledge of an item based on past studies.A DC 15 Search check can be used to find command words or reveal clues about an item.A Spellcraft check (DC 15 + 1/2 the item's caster level) can be made in conjunction with a detect magic spell to determine the school (or schools) and aura of the highest-level spell used in the item's creation. Of course, a DC 25 Spellcraft check can be used to identify potions.A Use Magic Device check can divine a items use if the check exceeds the DC by 5 or more.[HR][/HR]As well, Bardic Knowledge can be used. That means Aureus could be of more use for identifying items based on how well known an item is the history of the land. So, for something like Qi, which continues to be stubbornly silent, the DC would be 30 or higher.</blockquote>