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{{OGL Top}} ===Decipher Script ([[SRD:Intelligence|Int]]; Trained Only)=== =====Check===== You can decipher writing in an unfamiliar language or a message written in an incomplete or archaic form. The base [[SRD:DC|DC]] is 20 for the simplest messages, 25 for standard texts, and 30 or higher for intricate, exotic, or very old writing. If the check succeeds, you understand the general content of a piece of writing about one page long (or the equivalent). If the check fails, make a [[SRD:DC|DC]] 5 [[SRD:Wisdom Check|Wisdom check]] to see if you avoid drawing a false conclusion about the text. (Success means that you do not draw a false conclusion; failure means that you do.) Both the Decipher Script check and (if necessary) the [[SRD:Using Skills#Ability Checks|Wisdom check]] are made secretly, so that you canβt tell whether the conclusion you draw is true or false. =====Epic Check===== You can decipher magic scrolls. {| class="zebra d20" |- ! style="text-align: left;" | Task!![[SRD:DC|DC]] |- | style="text-align: left;" | Decipher a written spell (such as a scroll) without using ''[[SRD:Read Magic|read magic]]''. One try per day.||50 + 5 times [[SRD:Spell Level|spell level]] |} =====Action===== Deciphering the equivalent of a single page of script takes 1 minute (ten consecutive [[SRD:Full-Round Actions|full-round actions]]). =====Try Again===== No. =====Special===== A character with the [[SRD:Diligent|Diligent feat]] gets a +2 bonus on Decipher Script checks. =====Synergy===== If you have 5 or more ranks in Decipher Script, you get a +2 bonus on [[SRD:Use Magic Device Skill|Use Magic Device]] checks involving [[SRD:Scrolls|scrolls]]. {{SRD Skill Footer}} [[Category:Intelligence|{{BASEPAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Trained Only|{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]
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