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Originally Posted by Skarg
Does Detect Magic tell you how many enchantments/spells something has, or just whether it is magic or not?
(We always played it as just "it's magic" or "it doesn't seem to be magic".)
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That's pretty much exactly what ITL says.
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Also, how would the thief's companions think to intervene? (Flipping through the pages seems like fairly normal behavior, even if the thief is illiterate.)
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They probably wouldn't notice… at first. But if it's all the way back on page 106, it'll take quite a while to get there, and it may seem odd that the Victim is so fixated on that book.
Plus, the Victim may realize what's happening — and the Control Person spell is only making them turn the pages, not be silent, so they may say something like, "Uh, guys… I can't stop flipping these pages. I mean, seriously, I
can't stop…" And then they can try to pry the Victim away from the book.
Of course, you could just skip the Control Person part entirely, and put the Long-Distance Teleport trap on page 1, so they get it just by opening the thing — or the cover, for that matter. Or the doormat on the floor in front of the magnificent gold-chased ebony Lectern atop a rose marble pedestal (complete with overhead spotlight) upon which you were displaying the book…
But that'd be too easy, and wouldn't serve as an in-joke for anybody who knows what Page 106 means. ;)