tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737025559858978163.post5871169047618376804..comments2024-03-18T07:22:19.397-04:00Comments on DISCOURSE AND DRAGONS: Identifying Magic ItemsKiltedyaksmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03462341093016199620noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737025559858978163.post-52125318584637534432011-04-28T17:54:26.646-04:002011-04-28T17:54:26.646-04:00For major magic items, it's a good chance for ...For major magic items, it's a good chance for you to insert some of the Northern Reaches history into the game. Tell them they don't know what the new wand does, but it has the rune "teng" on it.<br /><br />Then they can find someone who knows runes, that can tell them they've never seen that rune as a maker's mark before, but he has an index of known spells that cr0mhttp://redvan.wikidot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737025559858978163.post-7313859044918846512010-12-29T06:55:21.712-05:002010-12-29T06:55:21.712-05:00DM-rolled Wisdom checks to tease the information o...DM-rolled Wisdom checks to tease the information out piece by piece? With a range of wrong answers for failed tests? With intervals between checks (and corrective tests) based on usage (or perhaps game-time study) of the object?Andy Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683770320671028815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737025559858978163.post-37266947424963674932010-12-28T09:31:32.494-05:002010-12-28T09:31:32.494-05:00In Errant, I removed detect magic as a spell and m...In Errant, I removed detect magic as a spell and made it so that only the Scholar class could identify magical items as a class ability.Pontifexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01761338487255048337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737025559858978163.post-90399815910633947832010-12-28T01:05:30.552-05:002010-12-28T01:05:30.552-05:00Hello! I'm not a regular reader of your blog, ...Hello! I'm not a regular reader of your blog, but I was passing through, and since you asked for suggestions...<br /><br />Any Mage (or Cleric) in the party could use the Detect Magic spell to "probe" the information out. If there isn't a Mage or Cleric in the party, have scrolls with Detect Magic readable by any class for sale in town. That way, you can set the difficulty to Duke Nidalaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15518007898969082057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4737025559858978163.post-5155905483468685752010-12-28T00:36:32.047-05:002010-12-28T00:36:32.047-05:00I think there's a feat in either Complete Mage...I think there's a feat in either Complete Mage or Complete Arcane that allows you to discern the properties of magic items with a successful check. Potions have set spellcraft DC to identify (or you could give every potion a specific colour and/or taste to reward note taking, occasionally throwing them off with potions that look/taste similar).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com