On 22.05.2023 01:48, RecRanger wrote:

Magic detection, I think, is only for wizards (and maybe other magical classes?). When you find something magical it is labeled as "magical
leather armor", "magical mithril broadsword", etc., and it only tells you
it is magical — there is no identification as to what the magical
property is. It just help you weed out the junk. Whereas, otherwise,
muggles have to price ID or formal ID (spell or scroll). Not sure if
Hack'EM utilizes shopkeeper services, including ID?

Meanwhile I had tried such a scroll at Sam's Market and it appeared
as if it's more like object detection than object identification
so you'd need to identify that property [later] anyway. (Which seem
to match your explanation, IIUC.)

If it will (would?) identify these rare magical properties of armor
or weapons it could be helpful, but I suppose you'd have to carry
all that (heavy!) loot with you to read some blessed scroll once
for all that loot to at least have some gain. Its usefulness seems
to be limited (unless I'm missing the point).

Janis

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On Monday, May 22, 2023 at 1:28:12 PM UTC-4, Janis Papanagnou wrote:

On 22.05.2023 01:48, RecRanger wrote:

Magic detection, I think, is only for wizards (and maybe other magical classes?). When you find something magical it is labeled as "magical leather armor", "magical mithril broadsword", etc., and it only tells you it is magical — there is no identification as to what the magical property is. It just help you weed out the junk. Whereas, otherwise, muggles have to price ID or formal ID (spell or scroll). Not sure if Hack'EM utilizes shopkeeper services, including ID?

Meanwhile I had tried such a scroll at Sam's Market and it appeared
as if it's more like object detection than object identification
so you'd need to identify that property [later] anyway. (Which seem
to match your explanation, IIUC.)

If it will (would?) identify these rare magical properties of armor
or weapons it could be helpful, but I suppose you'd have to carry
all that (heavy!) loot with you to read some blessed scroll once
for all that loot to at least have some gain. Its usefulness seems
to be limited (unless I'm missing the point).

Janis

Aye, sorry Janis, forgot about the scroll of magic detection. The
scroll detects magical objects on the level and in your inventory.
There also seems to be a (new?) property where a blessed scroll
will actually identify what those magic properties of the items are!


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On 22.05.2023 21:46, RecRanger wrote:

Aye, sorry Janis, forgot about the scroll of magic detection. The
scroll detects magical objects on the level and in your inventory.
There also seems to be a (new?) property where a blessed scroll
will actually identify what those magic properties of the items are!

Ah, that does sound useful!

Janis

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