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<blockquote data-quote="uzagi_akimbo" data-source="post: 1660246" data-attributes="member: 15945">Been doing that for the better part of the last dozen years. Sometimes just partially, often fully. Some stuff is obvious - like say, judging that a certain sword has a +2 enchantment, but perhaps the player will need some time or a spell to find out that they actually swing a +2 sword , undead bane. Or why the paladin swinging that new greatsword +3 has fallen out of favour recently with his diety - because the sword is also a vampiric soulsucking blade...Same goes for a Cloak of Elvenkind, Eyes of Darkvison etc.. but how does one tell the effect of a ring of mind-shielding ? How does one use a hat of disguise ? What are the triggerwords for the Staff of the Archmagi ? Or has my strange series of mishaps anything to do with that mystical amulet I have found in those ruins ? Or do the runes inscribed on the chestplate the armour is warded against negative energy or confer just an immunity to fear ?That's where Identify, Analyze Dweomer and their likes come in. As for the pearl - we use Identify with a pearl - but, the pearl will not dissolve and can be reused. So you need to have a 100gp pearl around (still an investment at lower levels) - which may get stolen, bartered into save your life, inadvisable to use in the current situation&nbsp; etc etc...Of course, strangely enough, we tend to have a bunch of clerics serving the deities of magic, who's magic domain gives access to the spell anyway (at 2nd level), and who's divine focus circumvents the pearl problem in the first place.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="uzagi_akimbo, post: 1660246, member: 15945"] Been doing that for the better part of the last dozen years. Sometimes just partially, often fully. Some stuff is obvious - like say, judging that a certain sword has a +2 enchantment, but perhaps the player will need some time or a spell to find out that they actually swing a +2 sword , undead bane. Or why the paladin swinging that new greatsword +3 has fallen out of favour recently with his diety - because the sword is also a vampiric soulsucking blade... Same goes for a Cloak of Elvenkind, Eyes of Darkvison etc.. but how does one tell the effect of a ring of mind-shielding ? How does one use a hat of disguise ? What are the triggerwords for the Staff of the Archmagi ? Or has my strange series of mishaps anything to do with that mystical amulet I have found in those ruins ? Or do the runes inscribed on the chestplate the armour is warded against negative energy or confer just an immunity to fear ? That's where Identify, Analyze Dweomer and their likes come in. As for the pearl - we use Identify with a pearl - but, the pearl will not dissolve and can be reused. So you need to have a 100gp pearl around (still an investment at lower levels) - which may get stolen, bartered into save your life, inadvisable to use in the current situation etc etc... Of course, strangely enough, we tend to have a bunch of clerics serving the deities of magic, who's magic domain gives access to the spell anyway (at 2nd level), and who's divine focus circumvents the pearl problem in the first place. [/QUOTE]

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