====== Spellcraft (INT; TRAINED ONLY) ======

**Check:** The character can identify spells and magic effects.

^ DC                    ^ Task ^
|  13			| When using read magic, identify a glyph of warding.|
|  15 + spell level	| Identify a spell being cast. (The character must see or hear the spell's verbal or somatic components.) No retry. |
|  15 + spell level	| Learn a spell from a spellbook or scroll. (Wizard only.) No retry for that spell until the character gain at least 1 rank in Spellcraft (even if the character find another source to try to learn the spell from). |
|  15 + spell level	| Prepare a spell from a borrowed spellbook. (Wizard 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 creature the character 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. (the character 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 a 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. |
|  30 or higher		| Understand a strange or unique magical effect, such as the effects of a magic stream. No retry. |

Additionally, certain spells allow the character to gain information about magic provided that the character makes a Spellcraft check as detailed in the spell description.

**Retry:** See above.

If the character has 5 or more ranks of Use Magic Device, the character gets a +2 synergy bonus to Spellcraft checks to decipher spells on scrolls.