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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 7930611" data-attributes="member: 12731">this thread was from the playtestReturning to this subject, don't you feel having unidentified items just waste playing time?When I GM, if the looted item is a bog-standard item unchanged from the CRB, I just tell them what they have found - no checks necessary.Also, in many cases I want them to know what the item does. Having the rules prescribe a ten-minute activity and a check that can fail just sucks.Obviously I can and do houserule this, but there really should have been a mention of this. As the CRB is written, you absolutely cannot understand a magic item without 10 minutes and a successful check, and that's restrictive for certain styles of play.I realize there needs to be a provision for the case when the item shouldn't be easily revealed. I mean, not having a spell like Analyze Dweomer that players can use to bypass a (cursed) item's defences, is a good thing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 7930611, member: 12731"] [I]this thread was from the playtest[/I] Returning to this subject, don't you feel having unidentified items just waste playing time? When I GM, if the looted item is a bog-standard item unchanged from the CRB, I just tell them what they have found - no checks necessary. Also, in many cases I [B]want[/B] them to know what the item does. Having the rules prescribe a ten-minute activity and a check that can fail just sucks. Obviously I can and do houserule this, but there really should have been a mention of this. As the CRB is written, you absolutely cannot understand a magic item without 10 minutes and a successful check, and that's restrictive for certain styles of play. I realize there needs to be a provision for the case when the item shouldn't be easily revealed. I mean, not having a spell like Analyze Dweomer that players can use to bypass a (cursed) item's defences, is a good thing. [/QUOTE]

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