LOOT APPRAISAL

APPRAISING LOOT:

 

Coins and Bullion:  all characters can figure out the value of coins and ingots of precious metals, no rolls need to be made.

 

Ordinary Items:  any item that appears in the Gear Book likewise does not need an appraisal.  If the players don’t know the value, it is easily discovered with minimal effort and no cost.

 

Precious and Rare Items:  other items must be appraised in order to get a value.  The character must roll his intelligence or less on a d20 to successfully appraise a piece of loot.  Each character may only attempt to appraise any one object, or group of identical objects, once.  Furthermore, only certain classes are able to even attempt an appraisal, and they are often limited to only certain types of objects.

 

Type of Object	Classes that May appraise
Gems	Thieves, Gnomes
Jewelry	Thieves, Dwarves
Holy Objects	Thieves, Clerics
Books	Thieves, Magic-Users
Fancy Weapons/Armor	Thieves, Dwarves, Fighters
Instruments	Thieves, Bards
Historical Items	Thieves, Bards (but only by using Lore ability)

 

Mystics, Druids, Healers and Berserkers are unable to appraise anything other than items that are specifically associated with their own class or order.   Lackeys think everything is worth a fortune.