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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 6672110" data-attributes="member: 1465">Considering how magic items as a whole are treated in 5e, I would be liberal in the interpretation and let the DM choose. If wanting to follow the rules more closely, I'd say that &quot;attunement&quot; is kind of part of using the item, a bit like what actions are required to activate it, so the Rogue doesn't have a special ability to change or bypass that.The RAI is for the Rogue to be able to use magic items that are intended for someone else i.e. not generally for everyone but for a more restricted group. That's why it mentions class, race and level restrictions. You could freely add more categories such as gender, age or whatever. Some magic items might even work only for one specific individual, in which case it's up to you to decide if a Rogue has a chance of bypassing such restriction or not.In any case, a DM can always make up an item that works differently, &quot;specific trumps general&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 6672110, member: 1465"] Considering how magic items as a whole are treated in 5e, I would be liberal in the interpretation and let the DM choose. If wanting to follow the rules more closely, I'd say that "attunement" is kind of part of using the item, a bit like what actions are required to activate it, so the Rogue doesn't have a special ability to change or bypass that. The RAI is for the Rogue to be able to use magic items that are [I]intended for someone else[/I] i.e. not generally for everyone but for a more restricted group. That's why it mentions [B]class[/B], [B]race[/B] and [B]level[/B] restrictions. You could freely add more categories such as [B]gender[/B], [B]age[/B] or whatever. Some magic items might even work only for one specific [B]individual[/B], in which case it's up to you to decide if a Rogue has a chance of bypassing such restriction or not. In any case, a DM can always make up an item that works differently, "specific trumps general". [/QUOTE]

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