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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6299350" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>Presumably it's for groups that choose to not use attunement at all. Remove attunement, use <em>Identify</em>, and you're back to earlier-edition methodology which some groups prefer. And if you're a group that loves the attunement mechanics and hates the <em>Identify</em> bypass... then you don't put <em>Identify</em> in your game so it's never an issue.</p><p></p><p>Basically... they're trying to cover as many different methods that groups use or might want in one set of rules, under the expectation that not every group will use every rule within that set. Some will not use the "handle for a short rest, learn basic properties" rule. Some will not use "<em>Identify</em> spell bypasses attunement" rule. Some will not use "3-item-limit on attunement" rule. Some will require potions and scrolls to take a short rest for learned properties just like every other magic item. But at the end of the day, they hopefully will have a format written in the book that in some basic form can cover the needs of almost every type of group. Rather than just writing "Do whatever you want for identifying and using magic items!" and ending up with thousands upon thousands of different methods based entirely upon whatever a specific DM completely invents for their table.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6299350, member: 7006"] Presumably it's for groups that choose to not use attunement at all. Remove attunement, use [I]Identify[/I], and you're back to earlier-edition methodology which some groups prefer. And if you're a group that loves the attunement mechanics and hates the [I]Identify[/I] bypass... then you don't put [I]Identify[/I] in your game so it's never an issue. Basically... they're trying to cover as many different methods that groups use or might want in one set of rules, under the expectation that not every group will use every rule within that set. Some will not use the "handle for a short rest, learn basic properties" rule. Some will not use "[I]Identify[/I] spell bypasses attunement" rule. Some will not use "3-item-limit on attunement" rule. Some will require potions and scrolls to take a short rest for learned properties just like every other magic item. But at the end of the day, they hopefully will have a format written in the book that in some basic form can cover the needs of almost every type of group. Rather than just writing "Do whatever you want for identifying and using magic items!" and ending up with thousands upon thousands of different methods based entirely upon whatever a specific DM completely invents for their table. [/QUOTE]
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