Artificer’s monocle
(Magic Item Compendium, page 72)
Price (Item Level): 1,500 gp (5th)
Body Slot: Face
Caster Level: 5th
Aura: Faint; (DC 17) divination
Activation: See text
Weight: —
This glass lens is rimmed with gold and has a fine gold chain attached to an ear clip.
Putting on a monocle is a standard action. While wearing an artificer’s monocle, whenever you successfully use your artificer knowledge class feature (ECS 31) to detect an item’s magical aura or you cast detect magic and have at least 5 ranks of Knowledge (arcana), you can spend 1 additional minute studying the item. If you do, you can identify the abilities of that item as if you had cast identify upon it.
Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, identify, artificer knowledge or Knowledge (arcana) 5 ranks.
Cost to Create: 500 gp (plus 500 gp for base item), 40 XP, 1 day.