I have a ton of unidentified weapons and armor and haven't found out how to get them identified. Do I need to find a specific shop or do I need a skill for it. please let me know.
There is a spell, but it is level 5, so it may take a while. Check the magic shops, they sells the scrolls for that purpose. You can also look for Wise woman or Gypsy woman in Shrouded Hills or Tarant to get your stuff identified.
(Yay, first post) Just a little trick(maybe) I use to ID items: Steal Rizzette's (that jackass "get me a camera/Bessie Toone thingy" guy in Shrouded Hills) key, which opens the door in his shop and also the chest which holds his wares. I think 1 or 2 points of pickpocket should do this, or you could use a fate point if you're desperate. Then sell him whatever you need to ID (he buys damn near everything), and go back to his chest and pick it out again. It'll be ID'd. Yay.
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