Magical items which do not come with instructions often remain enigmas.
Magical items which do not come with instructions often remain enigmas.
A successful rolls allows someone to identify how to activate an item, but the roll requires a Margin of 2 to understand its effects.
A successful rolls allows someone to identify how to activate an item, but the roll requires a Margin of 2 to understand its effects.
Therefore, rolling a 15 when trying to understand a talisman means one understands how to activate it, but not what the talisman will do.
Therefore, rolling a 13 when trying to understand a talisman means one understands how to activate it, but not what the talisman will do.
Specializations apply to this roll as usual, so someone without the Alchemy specialization will suffer a -1 penalty when trying to understand an alchemical item.
Specializations apply to this roll as usual, so someone without the Alchemy specialization will suffer a -1 penalty when trying to understand an alchemical item.