identify

Olympia: The Age of Gods PBEM (Oct 4 2000)

## `identify`

      identify item id
      * time: 0 days
      * priority: 3

The identify command causes a noble to closely examine an item for the tiny, cryptic runes that indicate the purpose of the ancient magical artifacts that can sometimes be found in Olympia (see Appendix - Magical Artifacts). If the runes can be found and read, the identify command will display the item's enchantment, e.g.,

      8: > identify atq
      8: You carefully read the runes on this artifact and identify it as:
      8: Reduced Maintenance, 9%.

Some magical artifacts will have no enchantment, while others will be missing runes, and so cannot be identified, e.g.,

      8: > identify cz0
      8: You carefully read the runes on this artifact and identify it as:
      8: no enchantment.
      8: > identify atq
      8: You are unable to identify that item.

Note that `identify` does not change the name of the artifact. You can change the name of the artifact using the name command, if you'd like. Keep in mind that someone scrying your noble will see that new name!