And magnifying glasses?? That is bizarre. I don't know if you ever watch antique roadshow TV programs but the experts don't tend to hit things with their identifying glasses. They just look through them and presumably spend on loremaster skills (perhaps through student loans) instead.
I find this to be extremely strange also, especially since their justification for the repairs is cost for not having "rogue" skills.
With that train of thought the glasses should actually be scrolls used by parties who don't have a loremaster. Perhaps change the glasses back and add scrolls that break but identify items without a loremaster? I think that fits much better with the design philosophy they have expressed elsewhere.
