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skill
Examine
Carl's inspection skill, which reads out the sentry dogs' make and model mid-battle.
Story so far
During the sentry dog assault at The Reaver Castle, Carl examined one of the attackers just before Donut destroyed it with Magic Missile. The readout identified it as "Reaver Industries Security Sentry Dog, latest model. The Ditch Digger. Tech-Based Security System with optional anti-personnel explosive."
He did not get the chance to fully examine the lion-sized variant that followed, but he did not need to: the massive glowing bomb notification over its back half read Mini Tactical Nuke, which was enough for him to sprint forward and pocket the frozen creature.
Role
The identification skill that reveals the sentry dogs' manufacturer and explosive payload.
Relationships
Carl — His skill for identifying enemies and items
Robot Doggies — Identified as Reaver Industries Ditch Digger models
Sources — 16 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 13
- Inspection ability Carl uses on Juice Box, returning a level he knows to be unreliable for changelings.
Chapter 16
- Skill Carl uses to read the arrivals' nameplates, delivering the chapter's two staggering revelations.
Chapter 17
- Carl's inspection skill, limited by distance — too far to read Florin's caiman, unnecessary on a touched door.
Chapter 18
- Inspection ability Carl uses to read dots, name tags, and even the castle's rocks.
Chapter 23
- Carl's identification readout, which names the corpses and combatants around him as he wakes.
Chapter 33
- The inspection ability Milk uses to read the crawlers at her door and diagnose their whole problem.
Chapter 35
- Inspection ability Carl uses on the mercenaries' banners to read their blinking-red new-recruit status.
Chapter 36
- Carl's inspection ability, which supplies Toyotomi's level, class, rank, contract terms, and full tragic backstory.
Chapter 39
- Inspection ability that returned the AI's longest-ever monologue when Carl aimed it at a Reaver cyborg.
Chapter 49
- The inspection skill crawlers use to read item descriptions, which the Günter spellbook blocks.
Chapter 61
- Carl's analysis ability, which unpacks the temple portal's full ruleset, gating, and environment compatibility.
Chapter 64
- Carl's inspection skill, used to read the Basilica Guard's level, worship, and Untouchable status mid-standoff.
Chapter 65
- The inspection ability that reads a creature's system name, revealing when a changeling's disguise changes.
Chapter 71
- Carl's inspection skill, which delivers the full lore dump on war mages mid-ambush.
Chapter 87
- Carl's inspection ability, which returns only the flat label Words of Power for Milk's unreadable script.
Chapter 92
- Carl's inspection skill, which reads out the sentry dogs' make and model mid-battle.