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Attempting to identify or glean information about a creature is an immediate action. The DC for this check is 16 + the creature’s CR. The creature does not have to be alive for you to try to gather information about it, though deceased creatures need to be identifiable and largely intact.
'''Special:''' The arcana skill only allows you to identify undead and constructs, and there are five other skills that provide similar knowledge for other creature types. If you possess ranks in the other creature identification skills and your DM is a nice guy, he’ll just tell you GM does not specify which particular skill you need to roll (and they have no obligation to gather information about a creature. As this may reveal more information than they want, they may not tell you which skill ), you needmay check against all skills as part of the same action. In that case roll 1d20 one time as the base and report your total check result (this d20 roll + your skill modifier) for each skill to your GM separately. Your GM is responsible for making sure that you get the most information from your individual check individual results.
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The action required for this depends on which of these two methods you use, and is described in those methods. You gain information about the magical phenomena based on your check result.
'''Special:''' The arcane skill is specialized for arcane magic. It is less efficient at identifying divine or primal magic effects than the appropriate skills, and it is useless for identifying divine or primal spell completion or spell trigger items. If you possess ranks in the other magic skills and your GM does not specify which particular skill you need to roll (and they have no obligation to tell you), you may check against all skills as part of the same action. In that case roll 1d20 one time as the base and report your total check result (this d20 roll + your skill modifier) for each skill to your GM separately. Your GM is responsible for making sure that you get the most information from your individual check individual results.
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