Item: Spectacles of Inquiry
Anything viewed through these thin spectacles looks crisp and clear, and the earpieces accentuate sounds around you. You gain a +2 item bonus to Perception checks.
Activate 1 (concentrate)
Frequency once per hour
Effect The spectacles key in on someone to show you their social cues in perfect clarity. Choose a creature you can see. You gain a +3 item bonus on Perception checks you make to use Sense Motive against that creature. This benefit lasts until you Activate the item again in this way.
If you're an investigator, you can use this activation as part of the action you take to Devise A Stratagem or Pursue A Lead, and you can do the latter even though you can't see the creature. You must choose the same creature you chose for Devise a Stratagem or Pursue a Lead.
Craft Requirements You are an investigator.
Trait Effects
Invested: A character can invest only 10 magical items that have the invested trait. None of the magical effects of the item apply if the character hasn’t invested it, nor can it be activated, though the character still gains any normal benefits from wearing the physical item (like a hat keeping rain off their head).
Magical: Something with the magical trait is imbued with magical energies not tied to a specific tradition of magic. Some items or effects are closely tied to a particular tradition of magic. In these cases, the item has the arcane, divine, occult, or primal trait instead of the magical trait. Any of these traits indicate that the item is magical.
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