- This Proficiency is an "Any Use" Skill, meaning that anyone can use it with a 1-2/10% chance.
- The cost to unlock this skill is one Proficiency Point.
- The Attribute Modifier for this skill is Intelligence.
This proficiency is highly useful for players (especially thieves and assassins) as it allows characters to estimate the value and authenticity of antiques, art objects, jewelry, cut gemstones, or other crafted items they find (although DM can exclude those items too exotic or rare to be well known). The character must have the item in hand to examine. A successful proficiency check (rolled by the DM) enables the character to estimate the value of the item to the nearest 100 or 1,000 gp and to identify fakes. On a failed check, the character cannot estimate the price at all. On a roll of 20, character wildly misreads the value of the item, always to the detriment of the character.
