3e SRD:Psicraft Skill

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Psicraft (Int; Trained Only)

Use this skill to identify psionic powers as they manifest or psionic effects already in place.

Check

The character can identify psionic powers and psionic effects.

DC	Task
15 + power level	Identify a power as it manifests. (The character must sense the power’s display, or see some visible effect, to identify a power.) No retry.
15 + power level	Learn a power from a power stone. No retry for that power until the character gains at least 1 rank in Psicraft (even if he or she finds another source to try to learn the same power from).
20 + power level	Identify a power that’s already in place and in effect. (The character must be able to see or detect the effects of the power.) No retry.
20 + power level	Identify materials created or shaped by psionics. No retry.
30 or higher	Understand a strange or unique psionic effect. No retry.

Additionally, certain powers allow a character to gain information about psionics provided that he or she makes a Psicraft check as detailed in the psionic power description.

Retry

See above.

Special

A psion gets a +2 bonus when dealing with a power or effect from his or her primary discipline.

If a character has 5 or more ranks of Use Psionic Device, he or she gets a +2 synergy bonus on Psicraft checks to decipher powers encoded in power stones.

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