Post by reefwood on Apr 20, 2011 17:07:58 GMT -5
Time Off - Identifying Magic Items
Looks like there are four magic items that have not been identified:
Relics:
Black Dragon:
As per the rules I just posted in the OOC, the squad has access to a Level 7 Adept (Spellcraft +18, UMD +13) since the commanding officer is at Level 14 (Brion), and the squad is in New Briar. The Adept has a wand of detect magic with 50 charges.
The Adept has to make a UMD check to activate the wand. Failure does not waste a charge, and the Adept can try over and over again unless he rolls a 1. If a 1 is rolled, the wand can't be used again until the next day. A successful casting provides 1 minute (10 rounds) of detect magic, and each item takes 3 rounds to identify with a Spellcraft check, so 1 casting is good for 3 magic items. If the Spellcraft check fails, the Adept can try again the next day.
I guess the best way to go about this is for the players to decide the order that the Adept will attempt to identify the items. The first casting can be used on 3 items, so a second casting will only be needed for the last item. There are 10 days of Time Off, and if one item is identified on the first day, then the other days will only need 1 casting to look at the remaining items.
Looks like there are four magic items that have not been identified:
- magic heavy mithral shield (7.5 lb; ?? value) - strong aura
Black Dragon:
- Magic Necklace? - moderate aura
- Magic Wand? (0.1 lb) - moderate aura
- Magic Vial #1? (0.1 lb) - faint aura
As per the rules I just posted in the OOC, the squad has access to a Level 7 Adept (Spellcraft +18, UMD +13) since the commanding officer is at Level 14 (Brion), and the squad is in New Briar. The Adept has a wand of detect magic with 50 charges.
The Adept has to make a UMD check to activate the wand. Failure does not waste a charge, and the Adept can try over and over again unless he rolls a 1. If a 1 is rolled, the wand can't be used again until the next day. A successful casting provides 1 minute (10 rounds) of detect magic, and each item takes 3 rounds to identify with a Spellcraft check, so 1 casting is good for 3 magic items. If the Spellcraft check fails, the Adept can try again the next day.
I guess the best way to go about this is for the players to decide the order that the Adept will attempt to identify the items. The first casting can be used on 3 items, so a second casting will only be needed for the last item. There are 10 days of Time Off, and if one item is identified on the first day, then the other days will only need 1 casting to look at the remaining items.
