Appraise

Key Ability: Int | Trained Only: No | Armor Check Penalty: No

You can evaluate the monetary value of an object.

Check: You know the value of all common items. A DC 10 Appraise check determines the value of an uncommon common item. A DC 15 check determines the value of rare items. A DC 20 check is required for exotic items. If you succeed by 5 or more, you also determine if the item has magic properties, although this success does not grant knowledge of the magic item's abilities. If you know the magical properties of an item, you can appraise it with a DC 20 check if its value is under 10,000 gp, or a DC 25 check if its value is more than that. Note that honest appraisers can disagree about the value of an item, within about 10% of the item's value. If your fail the check, you simply do not know the value of the item.

Evaluate Hoard. You can also use this check to determine the most valuable item visible in a treasure hoard. The DC of this check is generally 20 but can increase to as high as 30 for a particularly large hoard.

Vet Deal. You can also use this check, usually as an opposed roll to a bluff check, to tell if someone is trying to rip you off in a situation in which wealth is changing hands.

Sense Respect. With a DC10 check, you can tell if a person's Respect is close to yours (within five points), greater than yours, or less than yours. You also sense if a person's Respect Point total is negative.

Inspect. You can determine the power of a creature by accessing System information about it. Roll your check against a DC equal to 15 plus the target's hit dice or levels (the game master does not reveal this DC). On a successful check, you learn the target's hit dice or levels. If you beat the check by 5 or more, you learn if the creature is a monster or person. If you beat the check by 10 or more, you also learn the person's classes and level in each class. If your check succeeds, the target is aware that you have Inspected them.

Action: Appraising an item takes 1 standard action. Evaluating a Hoard or Inspect takes 1 full-round action. Sensing Respect is a free action. Vetting a Deal is done as part of the negotiation, bargaining, or sales pitch for the deal.

Try Again: Additional attempts to Appraise an item reveal the same result. After you add a rank to your skill, you can try again if you failed before.

Special: Dwarves gain a +3 racial bonus on Appraise checks.