Edge-Running Diagnostics in Starfall; Quick Identification

 “In the neon haze of Starfall, survival often hinges on recognizing a Rift-warped artifact, a disguised curse, or hostile spell protocol—before it’s too late. Veteran guild technomancers, cosmic navigators, and frontier exorcists are trained to read magical auras and biocircuit traces at a glance, their instincts honed by a thousand dangers. To the uninitiated, the process looks like luck; to the masters, it’s just another survival skill in a galaxy that never waits.”


Non-Combat and Setting Applications

  • Outmaneuvering rival salvage teams to claim prizes before Rift-storms hit

  • Disarming magitech traps under pressure in ancient ruins or guild vaults

  • Identifying friend or foe spells mid-combat in diplomatic or criminal standoffs

  • Supporting rapid starship repairs or elemental containment under time-sensitive threat


Societal Impact

Quick Identification marks skilled guild operatives, specialist troubleshooters, and psychic detectives as invaluable assets for their ability to keep crews, agents, and settlements one step ahead of cosmic peril and political intrigue.
This feat is recognized among factions as both a mark of competence and a means of saving countless lives during emergencies.


Quick Identification Feat 1

General

Skill

Source Player Core pg. 260 

Prerequisites trained in Arcana, Nature, Occultism or Religion


You can Identify Magic swiftly. You take only 1 minute when using Identify Magic to determine the properties of an item, ongoing effect, or location, rather than 10 minutes. If you’re a master, it takes a 3-action activity, and if you’re legendary, it takes 1 action. 


Adventure Hooks

  • Racing against time to reveal the nature of a clandestine relic before a cosmic anomaly engulfs a sector

  • Testifying as the only credible witness able to identify a signature spell effect on the fly

  • Disentangling mage-marked evidence in a faction intrigue scene under threat of imminent violence


Quick Identification is the hallmark of those who thrive in Starfall’s relentless tempo—combining intuition, training, and grit to snatch survival, insight, or advantage from the jaws of cosmic chaos.


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