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Fire of Ushnish

2015-06-21T03:03:02Z

DR-RICINUS:

{{Spell
|name=Fire of Ushnish
|abbrev=fou
|minprep=35
|castcap=100
|minskill=250
|maxskill=1000
|validtarget=Area
|guild=Cleric
|spellbook=Divine Intervention
|prereqs=Circle 40, [[Fists of Faenella 3.0|Fists of Faenella]], and a quest
|slot=4
|desc=An infernal cataclysm spun into magic, this spell wrings the fires of the World Dragon from its very throat! From the bowels of Elanthia's core, Ushnish's ire will spew forth -- but it will be up to your skill to converge its flows upon enemies. Beware, for calling out His name in invocation is seldom without peril.
|effect=AoE TM with a second, half-power attack.
|messaging=You strike your heel against the ground. 
Fiery white magma bubbles up from the dirt underfoot! 
A grass eel's ethereal shield crackles with energy! 
The stream of liquid white fire washes over a grass eel's slender body, badly charring it. 
The grass eel is dealt a vicious stun! 
A goblin shaman's ethereal shield crackles with energy! 
Blackened embers and flakes of ash swirl away from a goblin shaman's abdomen as it is incinerated by the white lava, leaving behind naught but a smoking ruin. 
A goblin shaman sinks to the ground in a rustle of cloth and covers its face with the hood of its cloak. Slowly the movements of the cloaked creature stop. 
A glowing stick shatters into a million glittering splinters. 
The shimmering ethereal shield fades from around a goblin shaman. 
Blackened embers and flakes of ash swirl away from a grass eel's slender body as it is incinerated by the white lava, leaving behind naught but a smoking ruin. 
A grass eel shudders, then goes limp. 
Roundtime: 2 sec. 

Boiling tongues of magma race wrathfully in another path. 
A grass eel's ethereal shield crackles with energy! 
Blackened embers and flakes of ash swirl away from a grass eel's slender body as it is incinerated by the white lava, leaving behind naught but a smoking ruin. 
A grass eel thrashes about wildly for a few seconds, then lies still. 
The shimmering ethereal shield fades from around a grass eel. 
The trickles of white magma cool, forming ashy cinders which quickly disperse.
|sig=Yes
|diff=esoteric
|source=quest
|type=targeted, pulse damage, area of effect
|ctype=battle
}}

Appraisal skill

2014-11-16T10:26:52Z

DR-RICINUS: /* Appraise Focus */

{{incomplete|Need info on creature strength, other stats, health and injuries}}

{{RTOC}}
'''Appraisal''' is a [[:Category:Lore Skillset|Lore]] skill with applications in a wide variety of systems. It can tell you the value, weight, and other qualities of items; the stats of your [[weapon]]s and [[armor]]; the skills of your opponent; the [[mana]] capacity of [[cambrinth]] items; and more.

=Use=
{{com|appraise}} will give you an assessment of something's abilities. {{com|compare}} will give you a relative assessment of two items' attributes. 

Appraisal, at least for comparing creatures, is based on base skills rather than factoring {{stat|Agility}}. However, it does take your current {{com|stance}} settings into account. 

When comparing armor, it will give an assessment of the armor's overall maneuvering and stealth hindrance, as well as how hindering it is with everything your are currently wearing after factoring in the relevant armor skill. 

Appraisal can also give you an idea of how well you can swim or climb something, and can even provide a bonus to the swim or climb contest on a particularly good appraisal success. 

You will begin to see (at first very inaccurate) damage and protection appraisals at precisely 50 ranks. 

You can appraise [[cambrinth]] items to determine their capacity. Appraisal is the primary factor, but [[Arcana skill|arcana]] also contributes to the accuracy. As with weight, holding the cambrinth makes it easier to appraise its capacity.

[[Trader|Traders]] get a bonus to Appraisal.

=Training=
==Item Appraisal==
There are many ways to train this skill. The first way is to appraise items. The quickest way to learn is to appraise something very valuable that has many parts, like a full gem pouch, a really nice bundle, weapons, or armor. If you can't do this, the next best option is to appraise all of your inventory, the more valuable, the better.

===Appraise Focus===
A specific type of item appraisal, {{tt|APPRAISE FOCUS <object>}} allows players to focus on valid objects a begin a research project similar to [[Magical Research]]. Once completed, this appraisal project will award [[Appraisal skill]] experience, as well as giving a temporary boost to the amount of experience being drained in a target skill. Only one appraisal project may be active on a character at any given time, and the experience drain bonus does not stack with the bonus for an [[RPA]]. Valid targets for this ability range from yourself, which gives an evasion bonus, weapons, armor, and crafting books.

{|
|valign="top"|
{|class="wikitable"
|+
|-
!Skill!!Valid objects
|-
|Appraisal||None (this ability cannot boost itself)
|-
|Arcana||Runestones
|-
|Augmentation||focus on the name or abbreviation of a spell that teaches Augmentation
|-
|Armor Skills||Armor of that type
|-
|Astrology||Telescopes (Moon Mage only)
|-
|Athletics||Climbable objects
|-
|Attunement||Cambrinth items
|-
|Backstab||NPC(Thief only)
|-
|Bardic Lore||Instrument? (Bard only)
|-
|Brawling||Brawling gear (knuckles, knee spikes, etc)
|-
|Crafting Skills||Crafting books
|-
|Debilitation||focus on the name or abbreviation of a spell that teaches Debilitation
|-
|Defending||the word "Defense"
|-
|Empathy||Other players (Empath only)
|-
|Endurance|| ??? (Paladin only - placeholder) (Not implemented yet)
|-
|Evasion||Yourself
|-
|Expertise|| ??? (Barbarian only)
|-
|First Aid|| Anatomy charts and compendiums
|-
|Locksmithing||locked boxes
|-
|Mechanical Lore||None (since this skill is not planned to last much longer)
|-
|Melee Mastery||Weapon that teaches 2 different skills (ex. SE/LT)
|-
|Missile Mastery||Ammo
|-
|Offhand Weapon||Melee weapon that you are holding in your left hand (See Weapon and Brawling for weapon skill foci)
|-
|Outdoorsmanship||Some foragable materials (red flowers, alchemy materials)
|-
|Parry||Parry sticks
|-
|Perception||Existing cardinal direction room exits (north, south, east, etc)
|-
|Performance||Instruments
|-
|"Primary" magics||the word "Magic", "Khri" for Thieves
|-
|Scholarship||the word "Logic"
|-
|Scouting||Ranger Companion
|-
|Skinning||Skinning knife
|-
|Sorcery||The word "Arcane"
|-
|Stealth||Existing cardinal direction room exit while hidden
|-
|Summoning||Talisman? Familiar? (Warrior Mage only)
|-
|Tactics||the word "Offense"
|-
|Targeted Magic||focus on the name or abbreviation of a spell that teaches TM
|-
|Thanatology||Ritual Knife (Necromancer only)
|-
|Theurgy||Holy Water (Cleric only)
|-
|Thievery||coin on the ground
|-
|Trading||Ledgers (Trader only)
|-
|Utility||focus on the name or abbreviation of a spell that teaches Utility
|-
|Weapon Skills||Weapon of that type. (Melee weapons held in your left hand research Offhand Weapon instead)
|-
|}

==Creature Appraisal==
The second way to learn is to appraise [[#Creature|critters]]. One can appraise a beast multiple times without regard for a delay between appraisals to quickly learn the ability. Besides being a good way to gain appraisal experience, this is a good habit to develop: It's useful to know in advance how a critter's skill compares to yours. 
A normal or {{tt|quick}} appraise will gauge how much vitality and fatigue a critter currently has, how your stats compare to theirs, and an overall comparison of your offense and defense to theirs. 
Appraising {{tt|careful}} will also tell you how the critter will train by [[Brawling skill|brawling]], [[Parry Ability skill|parrying]], [[Evasion skill|evading]], [[Shield Usage skill|blocking]], beguile with [[Tactics skill|tactics]], and [[Targeted Magic skill|targeting]]. If you are holding a [[Category:Weapon Skillset|weapon]], it will also tell you how will it will train, and if you were to throw it, how it would teach thrown.

==Barrier Appraisal==
The third way, possibly of greatest use to new adventurers, is to appraise swimming locations. In a room where a swimming contest is necessary to exit, you can appraise water or direction. It's not clear how well this trains, as a new character can learn very little in the Crossing sewers but very well in the Arthe Dale swimming hole. It may be dependent on water depth and current. You can also appraise climbing barriers, but this seems to teach little or nothing at lower ranks. Successfully appraising a swim or a climb may give you a bonus ("You think you have determined the best route to take") to climbing or swimming the appraised barrier.
*It's worth noting that climbing barriers can be more difficult than the appraisal lets on.

==Item Creation==
The fourth way to learn is through the creation process of several items. Usually when you are creating an item you will gain a little appraisal as well when you determine the quality of the item. For example, when braiding grass/vines, you will learn appraisal. Every time you braid you are automatically appraising the item to see the quality of the item. Another example is Moon Mage sigil scrolls, every time you read a scroll you appraise the quality of the scroll. This way is good for learning appraisal while also learning other skills. (In the case of Moon Mage sigil scrolls, you will learn appraisal faster than you will learn astrology or scholarship, but possibly might have a limit. I have tested with 267 in astrology, 241 in appraisal, and 324 in scholarhsip, I am locking appraisal first, then astrology, then scholarship).

==Fine Art Appraisal==
Adventurers have the ability to analyze one-of-a-kind stationary artifacts and receive more details than just your standard {{com|LOOK}}. Currently, the [[Raven's Court]] is the only place with this type of appraisal available. One must {{tt|STUDY}} a piece in order to learn. STUDYing will teach appraisal and scholarship. There are a few levels of success. Everyone should be able to learn no matter what information they see. Naturally, with the highest level of success, the most information will be displayed. Bards and Traders have a bonus, so they should effectively be able to learn better and see more information earlier on.

==Item weight detection==
3.0 changed detecting numerical weights in stones to not occur until higher ranks. For a non-trader, expect not to begin to get numerical weight return on appraisals for any item until 170 ranks at minimum. As you increase in skill, weight detection will become more common and more accurate. At 400 ranks you receive a fairly accurate weight estimate most of the time. At 500 ranks, expect perfect weight results every time with the standard 8 second roundtime. As an aside, at 500 ranks, quick appraisals continue to be clumsy regarding weight, but will be exact in all other regards, probably the equivalent of a standard appraisal at 250-300 ranks.

=Accuracy=
The accuracy of your appraisal depends primarily upon the number of ranks that you have in appraisal. ([[Trader|Traders]] have a bonus.) 
 
When appraising weapons or armor, the number of ranks that you have in that weapon or armor type affects the accuracy, at least for non-Traders. For example, if you were appraising a claymore, you find it easier to appraise if you had 200 ranks in twohanded edged weapons than if you had only 50 ranks. 
 
Only when "you are certain" about some property can you be sure that your appraisal is an accurate assessment. Otherwise, the more confident you are about the accuracy, the closer your assessment is to the truth.

Accuracy Levels (from best to worst)

*are/feel certain that
*are/feel confident that
*think that
*believe that
*are pretty sure that
*think it is likely that
*estimate that
*guess that
*wonder if

=Appraisal Values=
==Weapons==
{|
|valign="top"|
{|class="wikitable"
|+
|-
!Order!!Damage!!Min Value!!Max Value
|-
|0||no||0||0
|-
|1||dismal||1||5
|-
|2||poor||5||10
|-
|3||low||10||15
|-
|4||somewhat fair||15||20
|-
|5||fair||20||25
|-
|6||somewhat moderate||25||30
|-
|7||moderate||30||35
|-
|8||somewhat heavy||35||40
|-
|9||heavy||40||45
|-
|10||very heavy||45||50
|-
|11||great||50||55
|-
|12||very great||55||60
|-
|13||severe||60||65
|-
|14||very severe||65||70
|-
|15||extreme||70||75
|-
|16||very extreme||75||??
|-
|17||mighty||||
|-
|18||very mighty||||
|-
|19||bone-crushing||||
|-
|20||very bone-crushing||||
|-
|21||devastating||||
|-
|22||very devastating||||
|-
|23||overwhelming||||
|-
|24||annihilating||||
|-
|25||obliterating||||
|-
|26||demolishing||||
|-
|27||catastrophic||||
|}
|valign="top"|
{|class="wikitable"
|+
|-
!Order!!Balance/Power/FOI!!Min Value!!Max Value
|-
|0 ||not
|-
|1 ||terribly
|-
|2 ||dismally
|-
|3 ||poorly
|-
|4 ||inadequately
|-
|5 ||fairly
|-
|6 ||decently
|-
|7 ||reasonably
|-
|8 ||soundly
|-
|9 ||well
|-
|10 ||very well
|-
|11 ||extremely well
|-
|12 ||exellently
|-
|13 ||superbly
|-
|14 ||incredibly
|-
|15 ||amazingly
|-
|16 ||unbelievably
|-
|17 ||perfectly
|}
|}
The numerical values for damage were derived from Copernicus' Storebought Guide. Copernicus derived the weapon values through an intensive process of comparing storebought weapons with forged weapons having known values of damage, balance, and power. Some information is still missing or incomplete.

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Brawling Gear Damage!!Min Value!!Max Value
|-
|no||0||0
|-
|a little||?||?
|-
|some||?||?
|-
|quite a bit||?||?
|-
|a lot||?||?
|}
There are two types of brawling damage.
:*If the damage stat does not end in "increase," it replaces the standard stat-based damage and uses the brawling weapon scale.
:*If the damage stat ends in "increase," the weapon adds a percentage-based bonus to the standard stat-based damage and uses the same scale as standard weapons. According to GM Kodius, this model is being phased out, because these weapons "don't seem to do much of anything."

==Armor & Shield==

===Hindrance===

The hindrance system is slated for rewrite with armor changes. The rank values are those required to work maneuvering hindrance down to the lowest level.

'''Note:''' Though they use the same adjectives and order, a trivially hindering piece of armor does not hinder the same as a trivially hindering shield. The armor has more hindrance.

* 4/15/09 - Minimally hindered is now within the range of Insignificant. Unhindered truly means unhindered by your armor.
{|
|- valign="top"
|Base Item Hindrance
{|class="wikitable"
!Order!!Hindrance
|-
|0||no
|-
|1||insignificant
|-
|2||trivial
|-
|3||light
|-
|4||minor
|-
|5||fair
|-
|6||mild
|-
|7||moderate
|-
|8||noticeable
|-
|9||high
|-
|10||significant
|-
|11||great
|-
|12||extreme
|-
|13||debilitating
|-
|14||overwhelming
|-
|15||insane
|}
|valign="top"|
|Skill Hindrance
{|class="wikitable"
!Order!!Hindrance
|-
|0||unhindered
|-
|1||barely hindered
|-
|2||minimally hindered
|-
|3||insignificantly hindered
|-
|4||lightly hindered
|-
|5||fairly hindered
|-
|6||somewhat hindered
|-
|7||moderately hindered
|-
|8||rather hindered
|-
|9||very hindered
|-
|10||highly hindered
|-
|11||greatly hindered
|-
|12||extremely hindered
|-
|13||overwhelmingly hindered
|-
|14||insanely hindered
|}
|}

===Armor Protection and Absorption===
{|
|- valign="top"
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Order!! Protection
|-
|1|| poor
|-
|2|| low
|-
|3|| fair
|-
|4|| moderate
|-
|5|| good
|-
|6|| very good
|-
|7|| high
|-
|8|| very high
|-
|9|| great
|-
|10|| very great
|-
|11|| extreme
|-
|12|| exceptional
|-
|13|| incredible
|-
|14|| amazing
|-
|15|| unbelievable
|}
|valign="top"|
{|class="wikitable"
!Order!! Absorbance
|-
|1|| very poor
|-
|2|| poor
|-
|3|| low
|-
|4|| somewhat fair
|-
|5|| fair
|-
|6|| moderate
|-
|7|| good
|-
|8|| very good
|-
|9|| high
|-
|10|| very high
|-
|11|| great
|-
|12|| very great
|-
|13|| extreme
|-
|14|| exceptional
|-
|15|| incredible
|-
|16|| outstanding
|-
|17|| amazing
|-
|18|| unbelievable
|}
|}

===Shield Protection===

There are two tiers of armor perception, requiring skill to get more detailed information. [[Paladin|Paladins]] always receive the more specific scale.

The message "Your experience with shields allows a better appraisal of the protection capabilities." means you have received the more detailed appraisal.
{|
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Tier I!!Tier II
|-
|?||none
|-
|?||extremely terrible
|-
|?||terrible
|-
|?||dismal
|-
|?||very poor
|-
|?||poor
|-
|?||rather low
|-
|?||low
|-
|?||fair
|-
|?||better than fair
|-
|?||moderate
|-
|?||moderately good
|-
|?||good
|-
|?||very good
|}
|valign="top"|
{|class="wikitable"
!Tier I!!Tier II
|-
|?||high
|-
|?||very high
|-
|?||great
|-
|?||very great
|-
|?||exceptional
|-
|?||very exceptional
|-
|?||impressive
|-
|?||very impressive
|-
|?||amazing
|-
|?||incredible
|-
|?||tremendous
|-
|?||unbelievable
|-
|?||god-like
|}
|}

==Equipment Construction and Condition==
#extremely weak and easily damaged
#very delicate and easily damaged
#quite fragile and easily damaged
#rather flimsy and easily damaged
#particularly weak against damage
#somewhat unsound against damage
#appreciably susceptible to damage
#marginally vulnerable to damage
#of average construction
#a bit safeguarded against damage
#rather reinforced against damage
#quite guarded against damage
#highly protected against damage
#very strong against damage
#extremely resistant to damage
#unusually resilient to damage
#nearly impervious to damage
#practically invulnerable to damage
 
{|class="wikitable"
|+
|-
!Condition!!Min Health!!Max Health
|-
|in pristine condition||98%||100%
|-
|practically in mint condition||90%||97%
|-
|in good condition||80%||89%
|-
|rather scuffed up||70%||79%
|-
|some minor scratches||60%||69%
|-
|a few dents and dings||50%||59%
|-
|several unsightly notches||40%||49%
|-
|heavily scratched and notched||30%||39%
|-
|badly damaged||20%||29%
|-
|battered and practically destroyed||0%||19%
|}

==Creature==
* Can start appraising creatures with 10 ranks of Appraisal.
* In order from low threat to high threat

===Difficulty===
{|class="wikitable"
|+
|-
!Difficulty!!Difference
|-
|completely beneath||
|-
|wipe the floor with||
|-
|tear to shreds||
|-
|you'd kill quickly||
|-
|harmless||
|-
|very easy||
|-
|well beneath||
|-
|simple||
|-
|easy||
|-
|relatively easy||
|-
|definitely less skilled||
|-
|less skilled||
|-
|slightly less skilled||
|-
|'''worthy'''||Perfectly at range ??
|-
|something in your skill range||
|-
|challenging||
|-
|solid||
|-
|difficult||
|-
|rather difficult||
|-
|quite difficult||
|-
|very difficult||
|-
|truly skilled||
|-
|well above||
|-
|couldn't hope to hurt||
|-
|master that's well beyond||
|-
|mythical being||
|}

===Statistics===
{|class="wikitable"
|+
|-
!Strength!!Min Difference!!Max Difference!!!! Agility / Reflex!!Min Difference!!Max Difference
|-
|||||||||Great deal less||?||-30
|-
|||||||||Significantly||-29||-25
|-
|||||||||Quite a bit less||-24||-20
|-
|||||||||Definitely less||-19||-15
|-
|||||||||Rather less||-14||?
|-
|||||||||Somewhat less||-10||-6
|-
|||||||||Not quite||-5||-1
|-
|||||||||'''About as'''||'''0'''||'''0'''
|-
|||||||||A little more||1||5
|-
|||||||||Somewhat more||6||10
|-
|||||||||Definitely more||11||15
|-
|||||||||Quite a bit more||16||20
|-
|||||||||Significantly more||21||25
|-
|||||||||Great deal more||30||?
|}

===Condition===
* healthy
* slightly battered
* battered
* beat up
* very beat up
* extremely beat up
* bad shape
* very bad shape
* extremely bad shape
* death's door

{|class="wikitable"
|+
|-
!Health!!!! Injury
|-
|Dead||||?
|-
|}

"Minor Wound" with bleeding injury
"Major Wound" occurred with badly bleeding injury.

==Cambrinth==
===Difficulty===
{|class="wikitable"
|+
|-
!Capacity!!Verbal Description
|-
|4-20||very lttle mana
|-
|30-50||a little mana
|-
|<108||a moderate amount of mana
|}

==Training==
# exceptionally well, but you probably won't be landing many blows.
# very well
# rather well
# acceptably
# somewhat poorly
# quite badly

==Climbing and Swimming==

===Scripts and Settings===
*[[See 'n Say Appraisal (script)]]: Genie script that appraises any weapon, shield, or armor and then echoes the appraisal in IC and OOC ways
*[[See 'n Say Comparison (script)]]: Genie script that compares any weapon, shield, or armor and then echoes the comparison in an IC way.
*[http://www.genieclient.com/bulletin/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=15 Numerical Appraisal Subs]: Genie subs that add a numerical description to the verbal appraisal output for damage, balance/suitability, protection, hindrance, construction, and condition.

==See Also==
*{{com|analyze}}
*[[Trader's Scale]]
{{RefAl}}
{{Cat|Lore Skillset,Skills}}

Appraisal skill

2014-11-16T07:59:07Z

DR-RICINUS: /* Appraise Focus */

{{incomplete|Need info on creature strength, other stats, health and injuries}}

{{RTOC}}
'''Appraisal''' is a [[:Category:Lore Skillset|Lore]] skill with applications in a wide variety of systems. It can tell you the value, weight, and other qualities of items; the stats of your [[weapon]]s and [[armor]]; the skills of your opponent; the [[mana]] capacity of [[cambrinth]] items; and more.

=Use=
{{com|appraise}} will give you an assessment of something's abilities. {{com|compare}} will give you a relative assessment of two items' attributes. 

Appraisal, at least for comparing creatures, is based on base skills rather than factoring {{stat|Agility}}. However, it does take your current {{com|stance}} settings into account. 

When comparing armor, it will give an assessment of the armor's overall maneuvering and stealth hindrance, as well as how hindering it is with everything your are currently wearing after factoring in the relevant armor skill. 

Appraisal can also give you an idea of how well you can swim or climb something, and can even provide a bonus to the swim or climb contest on a particularly good appraisal success. 

You will begin to see (at first very inaccurate) damage and protection appraisals at precisely 50 ranks. 

You can appraise [[cambrinth]] items to determine their capacity. Appraisal is the primary factor, but [[Arcana skill|arcana]] also contributes to the accuracy. As with weight, holding the cambrinth makes it easier to appraise its capacity.

[[Trader|Traders]] get a bonus to Appraisal.

=Training=
==Item Appraisal==
There are many ways to train this skill. The first way is to appraise items. The quickest way to learn is to appraise something very valuable that has many parts, like a full gem pouch, a really nice bundle, weapons, or armor. If you can't do this, the next best option is to appraise all of your inventory, the more valuable, the better.

===Appraise Focus===
A specific type of item appraisal, {{tt|APPRAISE FOCUS <object>}} allows players to focus on valid objects a begin a research project similar to [[Magical Research]]. Once completed, this appraisal project will award [[Appraisal skill]] experience, as well as giving a temporary boost to the amount of experience being drained in a target skill. Only one appraisal project may be active on a character at any given time, and the experience drain bonus does not stack with the bonus for an [[RPA]]. Valid targets for this ability range from yourself, which gives an evasion bonus, weapons, armor, and crafting books.

{|
|valign="top"|
{|class="wikitable"
|+
|-
!Skill!!Valid objects
|-
|Arcana||Runestones
|-
|Augmentation||focus on the name or abbreviation of a spell that teaches Augmentation
|-
|Armor Skills||Armor of that type
|-
|Athletics||Climbable objects
|-
|Attunement||Cambrinth items
|-
|Brawling||Brawling gear (knuckles, knee spikes, etc)
|-
|Crafting Skills||Crafting books
|-
|Debilitation||focus on the name or abbreviation of a spell that teaches Debilitation
|-
|Defending||the word "Defense"
|-
|Empathy||Other players (Empath only)
|-
|Evasion||Yourself
|-
|First Aid|| Anatomy charts and compendiums
|-
|Locksmithing||locked boxes
|-
|Mechanical Lore||None (since this skill is not planned to last much longer)
|-
|Melee Mastery||Weapon that teaches 2 different skills (ex. SE/LT)
|-
|Missile Mastery||?
|-
|Offhand Weapon||?
|-
|Outdoorsmanship||Some foragable materials (red flowers, alchemy materials)
|-
|Parry||Parry sticks
|-
|Perception||Directions (north, south, east, etc)
|-
|Performance||Instruments
|-
|"Primary" magics||the word "Magic"
|-
|Scholarship||the word "Logic"
|-
|Scouting||Ranger Companion
|-
|Skinning||Skinning knife
|-
|Sorcery||?
|-
|Stealth||?
|-
|Tactics||the word "Offense"
|-
|Targeted Magic||focus on the name or abbreviation of a spell that teaches TM
|-
|Thanatology||Ritual Knife (Necromancer only)
|-
|Theurgy||Holy Water (Cleric only)
|-
|Thievery||coin on the ground
|-
|Utility||focus on the name or abbreviation of a spell that teaches Utility
|-
|Weapon Skills||Weapon of that type
|-
|}

==Creature Appraisal==
The second way to learn is to appraise [[#Creature|critters]]. One can appraise a beast multiple times without regard for a delay between appraisals to quickly learn the ability. Besides being a good way to gain appraisal experience, this is a good habit to develop: It's useful to know in advance how a critter's skill compares to yours. 
A normal or {{tt|quick}} appraise will gauge how much vitality and fatigue a critter currently has, how your stats compare to theirs, and an overall comparison of your offense and defense to theirs. 
Appraising {{tt|careful}} will also tell you how the critter will train by [[Brawling skill|brawling]], [[Parry Ability skill|parrying]], [[Evasion skill|evading]], [[Shield Usage skill|blocking]], beguile with [[Tactics skill|tactics]], and [[Targeted Magic skill|targeting]]. If you are holding a [[Category:Weapon Skillset|weapon]], it will also tell you how will it will train, and if you were to throw it, how it would teach thrown.

==Barrier Appraisal==
The third way, possibly of greatest use to new adventurers, is to appraise swimming locations. In a room where a swimming contest is necessary to exit, you can appraise water or direction. It's not clear how well this trains, as a new character can learn very little in the Crossing sewers but very well in the Arthe Dale swimming hole. It may be dependent on water depth and current. You can also appraise climbing barriers, but this seems to teach little or nothing at lower ranks. Successfully appraising a swim or a climb may give you a bonus ("You think you have determined the best route to take") to climbing or swimming the appraised barrier.
*It's worth noting that climbing barriers can be more difficult than the appraisal lets on.

==Item Creation==
The fourth way to learn is through the creation process of several items. Usually when you are creating an item you will gain a little appraisal as well when you determine the quality of the item. For example, when braiding grass/vines, you will learn appraisal. Every time you braid you are automatically appraising the item to see the quality of the item. Another example is Moon Mage sigil scrolls, every time you read a scroll you appraise the quality of the scroll. This way is good for learning appraisal while also learning other skills. (In the case of Moon Mage sigil scrolls, you will learn appraisal faster than you will learn astrology or scholarship, but possibly might have a limit. I have tested with 267 in astrology, 241 in appraisal, and 324 in scholarhsip, I am locking appraisal first, then astrology, then scholarship).

==Fine Art Appraisal==
Adventurers have the ability to analyze one-of-a-kind stationary artifacts and receive more details than just your standard {{com|LOOK}}. Currently, the [[Raven's Court]] is the only place with this type of appraisal available. One must {{tt|STUDY}} a piece in order to learn. STUDYing will teach appraisal and scholarship. There are a few levels of success. Everyone should be able to learn no matter what information they see. Naturally, with the highest level of success, the most information will be displayed. Bards and Traders have a bonus, so they should effectively be able to learn better and see more information earlier on.

==Item weight detection==
3.0 changed detecting numerical weights in stones to not occur until higher ranks. For a non-trader, expect not to begin to get numerical weight return on appraisals for any item until 170 ranks at minimum. As you increase in skill, weight detection will become more common and more accurate. At 400 ranks you receive a fairly accurate weight estimate most of the time. At 500 ranks, expect perfect weight results every time with the standard 8 second roundtime. As an aside, at 500 ranks, quick appraisals continue to be clumsy regarding weight, but will be exact in all other regards, probably the equivalent of a standard appraisal at 250-300 ranks.

=Accuracy=
The accuracy of your appraisal depends primarily upon the number of ranks that you have in appraisal. ([[Trader|Traders]] have a bonus.) 
 
When appraising weapons or armor, the number of ranks that you have in that weapon or armor type affects the accuracy, at least for non-Traders. For example, if you were appraising a claymore, you find it easier to appraise if you had 200 ranks in twohanded edged weapons than if you had only 50 ranks. 
 
Only when "you are certain" about some property can you be sure that your appraisal is an accurate assessment. Otherwise, the more confident you are about the accuracy, the closer your assessment is to the truth.

Accuracy Levels (from best to worst)

*are/feel certain that
*are/feel confident that
*think that
*believe that
*are pretty sure that
*think it is likely that
*estimate that
*guess that
*wonder if

=Appraisal Values=
==Weapons==
{|
|valign="top"|
{|class="wikitable"
|+
|-
!Order!!Damage!!Min Value!!Max Value
|-
|0||no||0||0
|-
|1||dismal||1||5
|-
|2||poor||5||10
|-
|3||low||10||15
|-
|4||somewhat fair||15||20
|-
|5||fair||20||25
|-
|6||somewhat moderate||25||30
|-
|7||moderate||30||35
|-
|8||somewhat heavy||35||40
|-
|9||heavy||40||45
|-
|10||very heavy||45||50
|-
|11||great||50||55
|-
|12||very great||55||60
|-
|13||severe||60||65
|-
|14||very severe||65||70
|-
|15||extreme||70||75
|-
|16||very extreme||75||??
|-
|17||mighty||||
|-
|18||very mighty||||
|-
|19||bone-crushing||||
|-
|20||very bone-crushing||||
|-
|21||devastating||||
|-
|22||very devastating||||
|-
|23||overwhelming||||
|-
|24||annihilating||||
|-
|25||obliterating||||
|-
|26||demolishing||||
|-
|27||catastrophic||||
|}
|valign="top"|
{|class="wikitable"
|+
|-
!Order!!Balance/Power/FOI!!Min Value!!Max Value
|-
|0 ||not
|-
|1 ||terribly
|-
|2 ||dismally
|-
|3 ||poorly
|-
|4 ||inadequately
|-
|5 ||fairly
|-
|6 ||decently
|-
|7 ||reasonably
|-
|8 ||soundly
|-
|9 ||well
|-
|10 ||very well
|-
|11 ||extremely well
|-
|12 ||exellently
|-
|13 ||superbly
|-
|14 ||incredibly
|-
|15 ||amazingly
|-
|16 ||unbelievably
|-
|17 ||perfectly
|}
|}
The numerical values for damage were derived from Copernicus' Storebought Guide. Copernicus derived the weapon values through an intensive process of comparing storebought weapons with forged weapons having known values of damage, balance, and power. Some information is still missing or incomplete.

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Brawling Gear Damage!!Min Value!!Max Value
|-
|no||0||0
|-
|a little||?||?
|-
|some||?||?
|-
|quite a bit||?||?
|-
|a lot||?||?
|}
There are two types of brawling damage.
:*If the damage stat does not end in "increase," it replaces the standard stat-based damage and uses the brawling weapon scale.
:*If the damage stat ends in "increase," the weapon adds a percentage-based bonus to the standard stat-based damage and uses the same scale as standard weapons. According to GM Kodius, this model is being phased out, because these weapons "don't seem to do much of anything."

==Armor & Shield==

===Hindrance===

The hindrance system is slated for rewrite with armor changes. The rank values are those required to work maneuvering hindrance down to the lowest level.

'''Note:''' Though they use the same adjectives and order, a trivially hindering piece of armor does not hinder the same as a trivially hindering shield. The armor has more hindrance.

* 4/15/09 - Minimally hindered is now within the range of Insignificant. Unhindered truly means unhindered by your armor.
{|
|- valign="top"
|Base Item Hindrance
{|class="wikitable"
!Order!!Hindrance
|-
|0||no
|-
|1||insignificant
|-
|2||trivial
|-
|3||light
|-
|4||minor
|-
|5||fair
|-
|6||mild
|-
|7||moderate
|-
|8||noticeable
|-
|9||high
|-
|10||significant
|-
|11||great
|-
|12||extreme
|-
|13||debilitating
|-
|14||overwhelming
|-
|15||insane
|}
|valign="top"|
|Skill Hindrance
{|class="wikitable"
!Order!!Hindrance
|-
|0||unhindered
|-
|1||barely hindered
|-
|2||minimally hindered
|-
|3||insignificantly hindered
|-
|4||lightly hindered
|-
|5||fairly hindered
|-
|6||somewhat hindered
|-
|7||moderately hindered
|-
|8||rather hindered
|-
|9||very hindered
|-
|10||highly hindered
|-
|11||greatly hindered
|-
|12||extremely hindered
|-
|13||overwhelmingly hindered
|-
|14||insanely hindered
|}
|}

===Armor Protection and Absorption===
{|
|- valign="top"
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Order!! Protection
|-
|1|| poor
|-
|2|| low
|-
|3|| fair
|-
|4|| moderate
|-
|5|| good
|-
|6|| very good
|-
|7|| high
|-
|8|| very high
|-
|9|| great
|-
|10|| very great
|-
|11|| extreme
|-
|12|| exceptional
|-
|13|| incredible
|-
|14|| amazing
|-
|15|| unbelievable
|}
|valign="top"|
{|class="wikitable"
!Order!! Absorbance
|-
|1|| very poor
|-
|2|| poor
|-
|3|| low
|-
|4|| somewhat fair
|-
|5|| fair
|-
|6|| moderate
|-
|7|| good
|-
|8|| very good
|-
|9|| high
|-
|10|| very high
|-
|11|| great
|-
|12|| very great
|-
|13|| extreme
|-
|14|| exceptional
|-
|15|| incredible
|-
|16|| outstanding
|-
|17|| amazing
|-
|18|| unbelievable
|}
|}

===Shield Protection===

There are two tiers of armor perception, requiring skill to get more detailed information. [[Paladin|Paladins]] always receive the more specific scale.

The message "Your experience with shields allows a better appraisal of the protection capabilities." means you have received the more detailed appraisal.
{|
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Tier I!!Tier II
|-
|?||none
|-
|?||extremely terrible
|-
|?||terrible
|-
|?||dismal
|-
|?||very poor
|-
|?||poor
|-
|?||rather low
|-
|?||low
|-
|?||fair
|-
|?||better than fair
|-
|?||moderate
|-
|?||moderately good
|-
|?||good
|-
|?||very good
|}
|valign="top"|
{|class="wikitable"
!Tier I!!Tier II
|-
|?||high
|-
|?||very high
|-
|?||great
|-
|?||very great
|-
|?||exceptional
|-
|?||very exceptional
|-
|?||impressive
|-
|?||very impressive
|-
|?||amazing
|-
|?||incredible
|-
|?||tremendous
|-
|?||unbelievable
|-
|?||god-like
|}
|}

==Equipment Construction and Condition==
#extremely weak and easily damaged
#very delicate and easily damaged
#quite fragile and easily damaged
#rather flimsy and easily damaged
#particularly weak against damage
#somewhat unsound against damage
#appreciably susceptible to damage
#marginally vulnerable to damage
#of average construction
#a bit safeguarded against damage
#rather reinforced against damage
#quite guarded against damage
#highly protected against damage
#very strong against damage
#extremely resistant to damage
#unusually resilient to damage
#nearly impervious to damage
#practically invulnerable to damage
 
{|class="wikitable"
|+
|-
!Condition!!Min Health!!Max Health
|-
|in pristine condition||98%||100%
|-
|practically in mint condition||90%||97%
|-
|in good condition||80%||89%
|-
|rather scuffed up||70%||79%
|-
|some minor scratches||60%||69%
|-
|a few dents and dings||50%||59%
|-
|several unsightly notches||40%||49%
|-
|heavily scratched and notched||30%||39%
|-
|badly damaged||20%||29%
|-
|battered and practically destroyed||0%||19%
|}

==Creature==
* Can start appraising creatures with 10 ranks of Appraisal.
* In order from low threat to high threat

===Difficulty===
{|class="wikitable"
|+
|-
!Difficulty!!Difference
|-
|completely beneath||
|-
|wipe the floor with||
|-
|tear to shreds||
|-
|you'd kill quickly||
|-
|harmless||
|-
|very easy||
|-
|well beneath||
|-
|simple||
|-
|easy||
|-
|relatively easy||
|-
|definitely less skilled||
|-
|less skilled||
|-
|slightly less skilled||
|-
|'''worthy'''||Perfectly at range ??
|-
|something in your skill range||
|-
|challenging||
|-
|solid||
|-
|difficult||
|-
|rather difficult||
|-
|quite difficult||
|-
|very difficult||
|-
|truly skilled||
|-
|well above||
|-
|couldn't hope to hurt||
|-
|master that's well beyond||
|-
|mythical being||
|}

===Statistics===
{|class="wikitable"
|+
|-
!Strength!!Min Difference!!Max Difference!!!! Agility / Reflex!!Min Difference!!Max Difference
|-
|||||||||Great deal less||?||-30
|-
|||||||||Significantly||-29||-25
|-
|||||||||Quite a bit less||-24||-20
|-
|||||||||Definitely less||-19||-15
|-
|||||||||Rather less||-14||?
|-
|||||||||Somewhat less||-10||-6
|-
|||||||||Not quite||-5||-1
|-
|||||||||'''About as'''||'''0'''||'''0'''
|-
|||||||||A little more||1||5
|-
|||||||||Somewhat more||6||10
|-
|||||||||Definitely more||11||15
|-
|||||||||Quite a bit more||16||20
|-
|||||||||Significantly more||21||25
|-
|||||||||Great deal more||30||?
|}

===Condition===
* healthy
* slightly battered
* battered
* beat up
* very beat up
* extremely beat up
* bad shape
* very bad shape
* extremely bad shape
* death's door

{|class="wikitable"
|+
|-
!Health!!!! Injury
|-
|Dead||||?
|-
|}

"Minor Wound" with bleeding injury
"Major Wound" occurred with badly bleeding injury.

==Cambrinth==
===Difficulty===
{|class="wikitable"
|+
|-
!Capacity!!Verbal Description
|-
|4-20||very lttle mana
|-
|30-50||a little mana
|-
|<108||a moderate amount of mana
|}

==Training==
# exceptionally well, but you probably won't be landing many blows.
# very well
# rather well
# acceptably
# somewhat poorly
# quite badly

==Climbing and Swimming==

===Scripts and Settings===
*[[See 'n Say Appraisal (script)]]: Genie script that appraises any weapon, shield, or armor and then echoes the appraisal in IC and OOC ways
*[[See 'n Say Comparison (script)]]: Genie script that compares any weapon, shield, or armor and then echoes the comparison in an IC way.
*[http://www.genieclient.com/bulletin/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=15 Numerical Appraisal Subs]: Genie subs that add a numerical description to the verbal appraisal output for damage, balance/suitability, protection, hindrance, construction, and condition.

==See Also==
*{{com|analyze}}
*[[Trader's Scale]]
{{RefAl}}
{{Cat|Lore Skillset,Skills}}