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Spellcraft (INT; Trained Only)

Use this skill to [[identify]] spells as they are cast or spells already in place.

Check: You can [[identify]] spells and magic effects.

{| class="wikitable"
!DC
!Task
|-
|13
|When using [[Read Magic]], [[identify]] a Glyph of Warding.
|-
|15 + spell level
|[[Identify]] a spell being cast. (You must see or hear the spell's verbal or somatic components.) No retry.
|-
|15 + spell level
|Prepare a spell from a borrowed spellbook. (Mage only). One try per day.
|-
|15 + spell level
|When casting [[Detect Magic]], determine the school of magic involved in the aura of a single item or creatrure you can see. (If the aura is not a spell effect, the DC is 15 + half caster level.)
|-
|19
|When using [[Read Magic]], [[identify]] a Symbol.
|-
|20 + spell level
|[[Identify]] a spell that's already in place and in effect. (You must be able to see or detect the effects of the spell.) No retry.
|-
|20 + spell level
|[[Identify]] materials created or shaped by magic, such as noting that an iron wall is the result of Wall of Iron spell. No retry.
|-
|20 + spell level
|Decipher a written spell (such as a scroll) without using [[Read Magic]]. One try per day.
|-
|20
|Draw a diagram to augment casting Dimensional Anchor on a summoned creature. Takes 10 minutes. No retry. The DM makes this check.
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|30 or higher
|Understand a strange or unique magical effect, such as the effects of a magic stream. No retry.
|}

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 '''Spellcraft (INT; Trained Only)'''
-Use this skill to [[identify]] spells as they are cast or spells already in place.
+Use this skill to identify spells as they are cast or spells already in place.
-Check: You can [[identify]] spells and magic effects.
+Check: You can identify spells and magic effects.
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 |-
 |13
-|When using [[Read Magic]], [[identify]] a [[Glyph of Warding]].
+|When using [[Read Magic]], identify a [[Glyph of Warding]].
 |-
 |15 + spell level
-|[[Identify]] a spell being cast. (You must see or hear the spell's verbal or somatic components.) No retry.
+|Identify a spell being cast. (You must see or hear the spell's verbal or somatic components.) No retry.
 |-
 |15 + spell level
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 |-
 |19
-|When using [[Read Magic]], [[identify]] a Symbol.
+|When using [[Read Magic]], identify a Symbol.
 |-
 |20 + spell level
-|[[Identify]] a spell that's already in place and in effect. (You must be able to see or detect the effects of the spell.) No retry.
+|Identify a spell that's already in place and in effect. (You must be able to see or detect the effects of the spell.) No retry.
 |-
 |20 + spell level
-|[[Identify]] materials created or shaped by magic, such as noting that an iron wall is the result of [[Wall of Iron]] spell. No retry.
+|Identify materials created or shaped by magic, such as noting that an iron wall is the result of [[Wall of Iron]] spell. No retry.
 |-
 |20 + spell level
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 Additionally, certain spells allow you to gain information about magic provided that you make a Spellcraft check as detailed in the spell description (for example, see the [[Detect Magic]] spell, page 193).
-Retry: See above.
+'''Retry:''' See above.
-Special: A specialist Mage gets a +2 bonus when dealing with a spell or effect from his specialised school. He suffers a -5 penalty when dealing with a spell or effect from a prohibited school (and some tasks, such as learning a prohibited spell, are just impossible).
+'''Special:''' A specialist Mage gets a +2 bonus when dealing with a spell or effect from his specialised school. He suffers a -5 penalty when dealing with a spell or effect from a prohibited school (and some tasks, such as learning a prohibited spell, are just impossible).
-If you have or more ranks of [[Use Magic Device]], you get a +2 synergy bonus to Spellcraft checks to decipher spells on scrolls.
+If you have 5 or more ranks of [[Use Magic Device]], you get a +2 synergy bonus to Spellcraft checks to decipher spells on scrolls.