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This seems to come up alot for me IG. Are there/What are the/Can we have some standardized rules for reverse engineering things. I will give an example of this from last event:

Kels brings Lambic an arrow head with a nasty looking goo on it. He tells Lambic that this is a sample of the undiluted disease that has been effecting the local animal population. Kels asks Lambic to look into it and report back what he can find out about it.

As far as I know there aren't any standardized rules for this. Lambic doesn't even know if he can do this....

What I would love to see is some sort of a tag handed out that lets whomever looks at know wether or not they can open it and read the infor about it.

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outside: Beautiful Ornate Knief - Craftsman 30 minutes
inside: You can tell that this knife has been finely worked by a highly skilled craftsman. It is done in the style of the elves. There is something interesting about the way the blade was shaped, long and slinder, definitely improving its quality for stabbing someone when they can't see you, but less useful in face to face combat. Quality Knife with +2 to backstab {some code explaing who made the tag, when it was made, and what plot it came from}
Other info that would be useful would be wether we as craftsmen/alchemist/sages/arcanes/empaths/healers can research how to recreate this item. Wether or not we can learn more from it by further studying it (ie researching). Can we tell who made the item, signatures or the maker, trademark etc.

I know the GMs are planning to start carrying paper and pens so that more tags, and I appreciate this.

I seemed to asked these kind of questions alot, like 4 times last event alone and spent most of saturday on these sort of projects. And might I add, got some really neat answers that kept me thinking and theorizing.
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We might be able to do things like that. (tags that allow certain people to open them up)

As for the creation of things please realize that sometimes we allow things to happen at an event that is outside the rules. Forexample I allowed an excellerated stone to flesh potion to be created does this mean that the players can do this again using the same parts of the nxt basalic they find???? NO NO NO

We bring a plague into town does this mean you can cultivate a disease?? Probably not?
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I'm ok with getting a "NO" answer if I ask "Can I make this?" More what I am looking for is a streamlined way to ask the question and assist me in roleplaying.

I get really squemish about stepping on toes of GMs and plots when it comes to this sort of things. I hate inconsistansies between when I decide to "just roleplay it" and what the GMs tell another player 5 minutes later. These things tend to bite me in the ass later. And I hate to say I don't know, when I feel like Lambic should know it.
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did you mean basalisk? im confused.
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I'm not sure I was very clear in my original post. What I really want is a when someone brings me something and they want to know more about it than the description the GMs gave them at the time, How do I go about this?

I think it would help me if I knew that there was a proceedure to follow when trying to do this sort of thing. Since I am asked to do it alot.

I am more interested in the journey here rather than the destination.
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We will think on it. At the moment we decide on wether we think you could, or if it helps plot.

We could definitly come up with a formula, and we should.

Like, if you want to find out about his then use up one of your potion brewing slots and go a brewing maybe in a few hours we will let you know.
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Post by WayneO42 »

We should just run it like disease. If an item can be reverse engineered or further researches, it will have a tag. The tag will state who needs to examine it (Craftsman, arcane, empath, alchemist), for how long they need to study it (mins, hours, IBE), and the plot name. The appropriate PC can examine it for the alloted time and then come to NPC camp. For short duration studies, we can just write what they will find out on the back of a tag, fold it in half, and tape it shut.
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