spellcraft on Boots of Elvenkind?

[hong]

Re: Re: Read the book....again

Transmutation it is...
No, what's that?
Abjuration?
Sorry FANGO, Boss says Abjuration.

"But the book sa..."

Nope, sorry, the boss says Abjuration.
Are you gonna mess with the boss?
I sure ain't.
So are ya', huh, are ya'?

"Well I d..."

That's right, didn't think so.
Abjuration it is.
Everything is Abjuration!
Wha? What's that?
The Boss proclaims hence forth today shall be known as Abjuration day.
And all things shall become one with Abjuration.
Abjuration for all, and all for Abjuration.
A little Abjuration for you, a little Abjuration for me.
Do the Abjuration.
Don't forget to eat you Abjuration kids.
I gotta go Abjuration the Abjuration so I can Abjuration the Abjuration before I Abjuration.
Abjuration to all, and to all a good Abjuration.

Ah, it's working. Good, good.

 

[Kershek]

Re: Read the book....again

There's general rules for finding this stuff out....the SRD says that the school of magic is the school that the spells that are prerequisites for making the item are. Since there aren't any prerequisites for boots of elvenkind (spell-wise, at least), then you fall back on the general school of items, which is also described in the SRD:

"armor and protective items" are abjurations
"weapons or offensive items" are invocation
and "bonus to ability score, skill check, etc." is transmutation.

So in this case, it's transmutation magic.

Ack! Hrm, maybe it should be transmutation, then....

 

[kreynolds]

Here's an idea. Why don't you just tell your player that he can't tell what school the magic is from. And if your player is that interested, he can just cast Identify, and maybe even Analyze Dweomer (sp?). That will tell him exactly what it is.