Arcana

Recognise magic. Interact with enchanted items.

Arcana is an Intelligence Skill.

The higher your Intelligence Score, the more likely you will succeed on Arcana Checks.

Proficiency

Characters who are proficient in Arcana can add their Proficiency Bonus when making Ability checks.

The following backgrounds grant proficiency in Arcana:

• Sage

The following classes can choose to select Arcana as a proficient skill at Level 1:

• Bard
• Druid
• Sorcerour
• Warlock
• Wizard

Rangers who choose  Keeper of the Veil or  Mage Breaker as a Favoured Enemy gain proficiency in Arcana.

Uses

• Used in dialogue.

Related Items

+1 to Skill Checks

• Gloomstrand Shield
• Leather Armour +1
• Scarlet Leather Armour
• Drow Studded Leather Armour
• Leather Armour +2
• Shadeclinger Armour
• Spidersilk Armour

+2 to Skill Checks

• Smuggler's Ring

+3 to Skill Checks

• Penumbral Armour while Obscured

Advantage on Skill Checks

• Dark Justiciar Half-Plate (Rare) while Obscured
• Viconia's Priestess Robe while Obscured
• Dark Justiciar Half-Plate (Very Rare) while Obscured
• Elegant Studded Leather

Disadvantage on Skill Checks

With the exception of the following items, all Heavy Armour and all variations of Padded Armour, Scale Mail and Half Plate Armour provide Disadvantage on Stealth checks.

• Unwanted Masterwork Scalemail Scale Mail with no Disadvantage on Stealth checks.
• Yuan-Ti Scale Mail Scale Mail with no Disadvantage on Stealth checks.
• Armour of Agility Half Plate Armour with no Disadvantage on Stealth checks.