Appraisal skill

Summary

Appraisal is everyone's best friend. It can tell you the value of your items, the stats on your equipment, and skills of your opponent and much more. Appraisal makes you a better shopper and decreases the odds that you will be killed in combat.

Usage

You can choose how long you spend appraising an item or creature (quick, normal, or careful). For example:

Appraise Pouch Quick

or

Appraise Goblin

There are two 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 or a really nice bundle. If you can't do this, the next best option is to appraise all of your inventory, the more valuable, the better.

The second way to learn is to appraise 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.

Traders get a bonus to Appraisal.

Appraisal Values

Weapon Damage

• None: 0.0
• Poor: 1.0- 9.9
• Low: 10.0-19.9
• Fair: 20.0-29.9
• Moderate: 30.0-39.9
• Heavy: 40.0-54.9
• Great: 55.0-69.9
• Severe: 70.0-84.9
• Bone-crushing: 85.0-94.9
• Devastating: 95.0-99.9
• God-like: 100+

Weapon Balance/Power

• Not suited: 0.0
• Dismally :1.0-19.9
• Poorly: 20.0-39.9
• Fairly: 40.0-59.9
• Reasonably: 60.0-79.9
• Well: 80.0-99.9
• Excellently: 100.0-119.9
• Superbly: 120.0-139.9
• Incredibly: 140.0-159.9
• Unbelievably: 160+

Armor/Shield Protection

• None
• Poor
• Low
• Fair
• Moderate
• Good
• High
• Great
• Impressive/Extreme
• Tremendous/Extreme
• Incredible
• God-like

Armor Hindrance and Ranks Needed to Reduce to 0

• Unhindered: 0-4
• Insignificant: 5-9
• Lightly: 10-19
• Fairly: 20-29
• Somewhat: 30-39
• Moderate: 40-49
• Very: 50-59
• Highly: 60-69
• Greatly: 70-79
• Extremely: 80-89
• Overwhelming: 90-99
• Insanely: 100+

Creature Difficulty

• mythical being of immense power and ability
• master that's well beyond your abilities
• something you couldn't hope to hurt
• well above your abilities
• truly skilled opponent
• very difficult opponent
• definitely difficult opponent
• rather difficult opponent
• difficult opponent
• solid opponent
• something in your skill range
• worthy opponent
• definitely less skilled opponent
• relatively easy opponent
• easy opponent
• simple opponent
• well beneath your abilities
• very easy opponent
• harmless opponent
• something that you'd kill quickly
• something that you could tear to shreds
• something you could wipe the floor with
• creature completely beneath your notice

Creature Agility/Reflex

• 30 more ranks: a great deal more
• 25 more ranks: significantly more
• 20 more ranks: quite a bit more
• 15 more ranks: definitely more
• 10 more ranks: somewhat more
• 5 more ranks: a little more
• EVEN = about as
• 5 less ranks: not quite as
• 10 less ranks: somewhat less
• 15 less ranks: definitely less
• 20 less ranks: quite a bit less
• 25 less ranks: significantly
• 30 less ranks: a great deal less