Most methods of identifying items, including the identify spell, fail to reveal such a curse, although lore might hint at it. Identify does not reveal a curse, as a general rule.
How long is a short rest DnD?
1 hour
A Short Rest is a period of downtime, at least 1 hour long, during which a character does nothing more strenuous than eating, drinking, reading, and tending to wounds.
How does identify work?
Identify does have a unique use. You can cast it on a creature and find out all the spells currently affecting it (good or bad). Which allows you to sort out if a character needs a remove curse, or dispel magic, or cure disease (if magic disease), and tell if they are magically confused, charmed, or just an idiot.
Which is an example of a magic item that is not revealed?
Identifying a magic item reveals all of its properties, unless the item, or the property, states so. An example of property that does state it is not revealed is the Cursed property (DMG p. 139).
Do you need attunement to identify a magic item?
Yes, identifying a magic item reveals it requires attunement. Identifying a magic item reveals all of its properties, unless the item, or the property, states so. An example of property that does state it is not revealed is the Cursed property (DMG p. 139).
Can you identify magic items during a short rest?
If you prefer magic items to have have a greater mystique consider removing the ability to identify the properties of a magic item during a short rest, and require the identify spell, experimentation, or both to reveal what a magic item does. So there you go… on the one hand the “a character can focus on one magic item during a short rest…
How can one identify a magic item in DMG?
The DMG describes the various ways to identify a Magic Item in the section “Identifying a Magic Item”, on p. 136. We already have the TL;DR answer from A Very Large Bear, but I’m the “completionist” type.
