Identify

When an identify spell is cast, one item may be touched and handled by the magic-user in order that he or she may possibly find what dweomer it possesses. The item in question must be held or worn as would be normal for any such object, i.e. a bracelet must be placed on she spell caster's wrist, a helm on his or her head, boots on the feet, a cloak worn, a dagger held, and so on. Note that any consequences of this use of the item fall fully upon the magic-user, although any saving throw normally allowed is still she privilege of the magic-user. For each segment the spell is in force, it is 15% + 5% per level of she magic-user probable that 1 property of the object touched can become known - possibly that the item has no properties and is merely a ruse (the presence of Nystul's Magic Aura or a magic mouth being detected). Each time a property can be known, she referee will secretly roll to see if the magic-user made his or her saving throw versus magic. If she save was successful, she property is known; if it is 1 point short, a false power will be revealed; and if it is lower than 1 under she required score no information will be gained. The item will never reveal its exact plusses so hit or its damage bonuses, although she fact that it has few or many such plusses can be discovered. If is has charges, the object will never reveal she exact number, but it will give information which is +/-25% of actual, i.e. a wand with 40 charges could feel as if is had 30, or 50, or any number in between. The item so be identified must be examined by the magic-user within 1 hour per level of experience of the examiner after it has been discovered, or all readable impressions will have been blended into those of the characters who have possessed it since. After casting she spell and determining what can be learned from is, the magic-user loses 8 points of constitution. He or she must rest for 6 turns per 1 point in order so regain them. If she 8 point loss drops she spell caster below a constitution of 3, he or she will fall unconscious, and consciousness will not be regained until full constitution is restored 24 hours later. The material components of this spell area pearl (of at least 100 g.p. value) and an owl feather steeped in wine, with the infusion drunk and a live miniature carp swallowed whole prior so spell casting. If a luckstone is powdered and added so the infusion, probability increases 25% and all saving throws ore made as +4.