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#1 UYtrdennis Jul 25, 2014 22:58:30	So, in 3rd edition the spell description stated that the 100 gp pearl used as a material component was consumed in the casting. There is no mention of the pearl being consumed in D&D Next. I'm thinking it is still consumed, hence not re-usuable in another casting. What do you think?
#2 JC999 Jul 25, 2014 23:15:35	D&D Basic Page 79 wrote:
#3 UYtrdennis Jul 25, 2014 23:25:50	Interesting, in every campaign I've played in since AD&D the DM required 100 GP per casting. We could pay it in gold though, we didn't need the pearl itself. I wonder how typical my experience was. Pretty awesome change, if so. They also reduced the casting time to 1 minute in Basic.
#4 Be3Al2 Jul 26, 2014 4:35:03	If I recall correctly the spell is "only" reducing the time needed to identify a magic item from 1h (short rest) to 1 minutes (11 minutes as ritual). Requiring a 100gp pearl might makes sense as a "barrier to entry" for the shorter time used, but if it was a pearl each time it would require the spell to be worth 100gp per hour of in-game time or the alternative cost would be too high for usage.
#5 LesserCure Jul 26, 2014 5:22:17	Be3Al2 wrote:
#6 Rhenny Jul 26, 2014 12:29:30	At first, I thought it was 1 pearl per casting, which made the spell very costly for a 1st level spell.     I think you are right though that the pearl is necessary yet not consumed.  This makes more sense to me.
(Reply to #5) DrDragonlance	LesserCure wrote:
#8 Plaguescarred1 Jul 27, 2014 9:31:51	Attunement is an additional layer of complexity to magic items.   http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4ll/20140512
#9 2Chlorobutanal Jul 27, 2014 20:59:44	As a counter-example, the raise dead, resurrection, and revivify spells explicitly say in their Component entries:   ... (which the spell consumes)