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|p=Ok, so I've been doing some testing, and I've got a theory about the formula for how much {{PRel|Mechanical Lore skill|mech}}/{{PRel|Agility (stat)|agility}} it takes to fold {{PRel|origami}}. I've done some expensive, extensive scientific studies of 4 whole characters, and it works for each, so I'm going to assume that that's plenty and it must be correct :)

Here's how I'm thinking it works:

For the first fold (which uses the {{com|STUDY}} verb), it relies on your {{PRel|Scholarship skill|scholarship}} and {{PRel|Intelligence (stat)|intelligence}}. 1 point of intelligence counts as 5 ranks of scholarship. Therefore, the formula for "effective scholarship" is: (Scholarship) + (5 * Intelligence). Completing the first fold is "all or nothing", you either can do it every time or can never do it. The amount of effective scholarship required for a specific pattern, is: 25*(Pattern# + 1) + 1. See the table for the pattern number for each one.

For the rest of the folds (which use the {{com|FOLD}} verb), it relies on your mech lore and agility. 1 point of agility counts as 2 ranks of mech lore. Therefore, the formula for "effective mech" is: (Mech Lore) + (2 * Agility). Completing the rest of the folds is not "all or nothing". There are 6 different ranges of difficulty, which correspond to the chance that you have of succeeding. In order of difficulty, from hardest to easiest, the abbreviations for each are:

Waste of Paper<br />
No Bets<br />
Little Sticky<br />
Probably<br />
Pretty Sure<br />
Eyes Closed<br />

The formula for effective mech required to get the "No Bets" message is: 25 * (Pattern# - 1). Little Sticky requires 15 more ranks, Probably requires 30 more, Pretty sure requires 40 more, and Eyes Closed requires 45 more.

Confused yet? Below is a table which summarizes the results of these formulas. Remember that the 1st Fold column refers to the effective scholarship required, and that the rest of the columsn refer to the effective mech required for you to first enter the range of difficulty.

{{{!}}
!Instruction {{!}}{{!}} Pattern # {{!}}{{!}} 1st Fold {{!}}{{!}} No bets {{!}}{{!}} Sticky {{!}}{{!}} Probably {{!}}{{!}} Pretty Sure {{!}}{{!}} Eyes Closed
{{!}}-
{{!}}Dragon {{!}}{{!}} 1 {{!}}{{!}} 51 {{!}}{{!}} 0 {{!}}{{!}} 15 {{!}}{{!}} 30 {{!}}{{!}} 40 {{!}}{{!}} 45 
{{!}}-
{{!}}Hat {{!}}{{!}} 2 {{!}}{{!}} 76 {{!}}{{!}} 25 {{!}}{{!}} 40 {{!}}{{!}} 55 {{!}}{{!}} 65 {{!}}{{!}} 70 
{{!}}-
{{!}}Bird {{!}}{{!}} 3 {{!}}{{!}} 101 {{!}}{{!}} 50 {{!}}{{!}} 65 {{!}}{{!}} 80 {{!}}{{!}} 90 {{!}}{{!}} 95 
{{!}}-
{{!}}Star {{!}}{{!}} 4 {{!}}{{!}} 126 {{!}}{{!}} 75 {{!}}{{!}} 90 {{!}}{{!}} 105 {{!}}{{!}} 115 {{!}}{{!}} 120 
{{!}}-
{{!}}Goblin {{!}}{{!}} 5 {{!}}{{!}} 151 {{!}}{{!}} 100 {{!}}{{!}} 115 {{!}}{{!}} 130 {{!}}{{!}} 140 {{!}}{{!}} 145 
{{!}}-
{{!}}Flower {{!}}{{!}} 6 {{!}}{{!}} 176 {{!}}{{!}} 125 {{!}}{{!}} 140 {{!}}{{!}} 155 {{!}}{{!}} 165 {{!}}{{!}} 170 
{{!}}-
{{!}}Jackal {{!}}{{!}} 7 {{!}}{{!}} 201 {{!}}{{!}} 150 {{!}}{{!}} 165 {{!}}{{!}} 180 {{!}}{{!}} 190 {{!}}{{!}} 195 
{{!}}-
{{!}}Fish {{!}}{{!}} 8 {{!}}{{!}} 226 {{!}}{{!}} 175 {{!}}{{!}} 190 {{!}}{{!}} 205 {{!}}{{!}} 215 {{!}}{{!}} 220 
{{!}}-
{{!}}Dolphin {{!}}{{!}} 9 {{!}}{{!}} 251 {{!}}{{!}} 200 {{!}}{{!}} 215 {{!}}{{!}} 230 {{!}}{{!}} 240 {{!}}{{!}} 245 
{{!}}-
{{!}}Ship {{!}}{{!}} 10 {{!}}{{!}} 276 {{!}}{{!}} 225 {{!}}{{!}} 240 {{!}}{{!}} 255 {{!}}{{!}} 265 {{!}}{{!}} 270 
{{!}}-
{{!}}Silverfish {{!}}{{!}} 11 {{!}}{{!}} 301 {{!}}{{!}} 250 {{!}}{{!}} 265 {{!}}{{!}} 280 {{!}}{{!}} 290 {{!}}{{!}} 295 
{{!}}-
{{!}}Medallion {{!}}{{!}} 12 {{!}}{{!}} 326 {{!}}{{!}} 275 {{!}}{{!}} 290 {{!}}{{!}} 305 {{!}}{{!}} 315 {{!}}{{!}} 320 
{{!}}-
{{!}}Gryphon {{!}}{{!}} 13 {{!}}{{!}} 351 {{!}}{{!}} 300 {{!}}{{!}} 315 {{!}}{{!}} 330 {{!}}{{!}} 340 {{!}}{{!}} 345 
{{!}}-
{{!}}Cat {{!}}{{!}} 14 {{!}}{{!}} 376 {{!}}{{!}} 325 {{!}}{{!}} 340 {{!}}{{!}} 355 {{!}}{{!}} 365 {{!}}{{!}} 370 
{{!}}-
{{!}}Horse {{!}}{{!}} 15 {{!}}{{!}} 401 {{!}}{{!}} 350 {{!}}{{!}} 365 {{!}}{{!}} 380 {{!}}{{!}} 390 {{!}}{{!}} 395 
{{!}}-
{{!}}Mask {{!}}{{!}} 16 {{!}}{{!}} 426 {{!}}{{!}} 375 {{!}}{{!}} 390 {{!}}{{!}} 405 {{!}}{{!}} 415 {{!}}{{!}} 420 
{{!}}-
{{!}}Phoenix {{!}}{{!}} 17 {{!}}{{!}} 451 {{!}}{{!}} 400 {{!}}{{!}} 415 {{!}}{{!}} 430 {{!}}{{!}} 440 {{!}}{{!}} 445 
{{!}}-
{{!}}Mouse {{!}}{{!}} 18 {{!}}{{!}} 476 {{!}}{{!}} 425 {{!}}{{!}} 440 {{!}}{{!}} 455 {{!}}{{!}} 465 {{!}}{{!}} 470 
{{!}}-
{{!}}Yak {{!}}{{!}} 19 {{!}}{{!}} 501 {{!}}{{!}} 450 {{!}}{{!}} 465 {{!}}{{!}} 480 {{!}}{{!}} 490 {{!}}{{!}} 495 
{{!}}-
{{!}}Raven {{!}}{{!}} 20 {{!}}{{!}} 526 {{!}}{{!}} 475 {{!}}{{!}} 490 {{!}}{{!}} 505 {{!}}{{!}} 515 {{!}}{{!}} 520 
{{!}}-
{{!}}Crown {{!}}{{!}} 21 {{!}}{{!}} 551 {{!}}{{!}} 500 {{!}}{{!}} 515 {{!}}{{!}} 530 {{!}}{{!}} 540 {{!}}{{!}} 545
{{!}}-
{{!}}Vulture {{!}}{{!}} 22 {{!}}{{!}} 576 {{!}}{{!}} 525 {{!}}{{!}} 540 {{!}}{{!}} 555 {{!}}{{!}} 565 {{!}}{{!}} 570
{{!}}-
{{!}}}

So for example, say that you had 154 mech lore and 19 agility. This would be a total of <nowiki>(154)+(2*19)=192</nowiki> effective mech ranks. So you would get the following difficulties:


Flower (and everything easier) - Eyes Closed<br />
Jackal - Pretty Sure<br />
Fish - Little Sticky<br />
Dolphin (and everything harder) - Waste of Paper<br />

So that's everything I know so far, everyone feel free to let me know if it does or does not work for your specific case. I'm not certain that it will be 100% right on all patterns (I just assumed that they're spaced evenly in difficulty), but I'm pretty sure it will be fairly close on most.

[[Apu]]
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