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== How to Gain Weight ==


'''Appraisal''' can tell you the value of your items, the stats on your equipment, and skills of your opponent and much more.
Fable : Cardio burns calories from fat, lifting weights brings bulk


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


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.<br>


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.<br>
Fact: Muscle mass is where fat can be burned, train it to adjust to stress plus grow, you might <span class="plainlinks">[http://how2gainweightfast.org/mass-gainers/ <span style="color:black;font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none!important; background:none!important; text-decoration:none;">mass gainers</span>] fat as compared to you ever will doing cardio alone. Cardio is only a supplement in your fat reducing work. And 99% of ALL people today apply it drastically wrong.


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.<br>


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


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.
So many individuals believe that they're able to burn up fat by doing cardio alone, it's not really the truth - not if you wish to look good when you're finished.


[[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.


==Creature Appraisal==
Cardio (the slow steady type you happen to be familiar with) has scarcely any true weight loss enhancement consequences. It could raise your rate of metabolism in small increments, however practically nothing as compared to training to raise or perhaps maintain muscle size.
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.


==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.


==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==
It can be actually easy to understand if you wish to start with cardio for the first couple of days to ease back to performing exercises, when you want to do cardio first to get into <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.how2gainweightfast.org/ <span style="color:black;font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none!important; background:none!important; text-decoration:none;">how to gain weight fast</span>], maintain it no more than 72 hrs before you begin a weight training routine.
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 {{PRel|Appraise command|appraisal}} available. One must {{PRel|Study command|{{tt|STUDY}}}} a piece in order to learn. STUDYing will teach {{PRel|Appraisal skill|appraisal}} and {{PRel|Scholarship skill|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. {{PRel|Bard}}s and {{PRel|Trader}}s have a bonus, so they should effectively be able to learn better and see more information earlier on.


=Accuracy=
The accuracy of your appraisal depends primarily upon the number of ranks that you have in appraisal. ([[Trader|Traders]] have a bonus.)<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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
Anymore so you risk sacrificing muscular tissues and also literally sabotaging your fat loss efforts.
*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==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|-
! Damage !! Min Value !! Max Value
|-
|no||0||0
|-
|dismal||1||5
|-
|poor||5||10
|-
|low||10||15
|-
|somewhat fair||15||20
|-
|fair||20||25
|-
|somewhat moderate||25||30
|-
|moderate||30||35
|-
|somewhat heavy||35||40
|-
|heavy||40||45
|-
|very heavy||45||50
|-
|great||50||55
|-
|very great||55||60
|-
|severe||60||65
|-
|very severe||65||70
|-
|extreme||70||75
|-
|very extreme||75||??
|-
|mighty||||
|-
|very mighty||||
|-
|bone-crushing||||
|-
|very bone-crushing||||
|-
|devastating||||
|-
|very devastating||||
|-
|overwhelming||||
|-
|annihilating||||
|-
|obliterating||||
|}


{| class="wikitable"
|+
|-
! Balance/Power !! Min Value !! Max Value
|-
|not||0||0
|-
|terribly||1||9
|-
|dismally||10||19
|-
|poorly||20||29
|-
|inadequately||30||39
|-
|fairly||40||49
|-
|decently||50||59
|-
|reasonably||60||69
|-
|soundly||70||79
|-
|well||80||89
|-
|excellently||90||99
|-
|superbly||100||?
|-
|incredibly||?||?
|-
|unbelievably||?||?
|}


{| class="wikitable"
The best way to get back into exercise following a long lay off is always to carry out 2-3 full body weightlifting periods weekly, and keep them light to moderate in intensity. When you have gotten through the first 4-6 workout routines, you can begin tactically raising the intensity to ramp your metabolic process and melt away much more fat round the clock.
|-
! Brawling Gear Damage !! Min Value !! Max Value
|-
|no||?||?
|-
|poor||?||?
|-
|fair||?||?
|-
|some||?||?
|-
|moderate||?||?
|-
|a lot||?||?
|-
|quite a bit||?||?
|-
|heavy||?||?
|}
''Brawling Gear appraise as "some" or "quite a bit of" damage. This is a separate scale from normal weapons.''
<br />
The values for Damage and Balance/Power 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.

==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.

* 4/15/09 - Minimally hindered is now within the range of Insignificant. Unhindered truly means unhindered by your armor.

{| class="wikitable"
|+
|-
! Hindrance !! Min Ranks!! Max Ranks
|-
|no||?||?
|-
|insignificant||?||?
|-
|trivial||?||?
|-
|light||?||?
|-
|minor||?||?
|-
|fair||?||?
|-
|mild||?||?
|-
|moderate||?||?
|-
|noticeable||?||?
|-
|high||?||?
|-
|significant||?||?
|-
|great||?||?
|-
|extreme||?||?
|-
|debilitating||?||?
|-
|overwhelming||?||?
|-
|insane||?||?
|}

===Armor Protection ===
#poor
#low
#fair
#moderate
#good
#very good
#high
#very high
#great
#very great
#extreme
#exceptional
#incredible
#amazing
#unbelievable


===Absorption===
#very poor
#poor
#low
#somewhat fair
#fair
#moderate
#good
#very good
#high
#very high
#great
#very great
#extreme
#exceptional
#incredible
#outstanding
#amazing
#unbelievable

===Shield Protection===

[[Paladin|Paladins]] see more specific shield protection ratings than non-Paladins. Although the armor protection scale was updated on July 17, 2011, shield protection still uses a separate scale.

{| class="wikitable"
|+
|-
! Paladin !! Non-Paladin
|-
|very poor||very poor
|-
|poor||very poor
|-
|rather low||rather low
|-
|low||rather low
|-
|fair||fair
|-
|better than fair||fair
|-
|moderate||moderate
|-
|moderately good||moderate
|-
|good||good
|-
|very good||good
|-
|high||high
|-
|very high||high
|-
|great||great
|-
|very great||great
|-
|impressive||impressive
|-
|very impressive||impressive
|-
|tremendous||tremendous
|-
|incredible||incredible
|-
|god-like||god-like
|}

==Equipment Construction and Condition==
#extremely weak and easily damaged
#very delicate and easily damaged
#quite fragile
#rather flimsy and easily damaged
#particularly weak
#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
<br><br>
{| 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%
|-
|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
|}

==Climbing and Swimming==

=See Also=

===Play.net Posts===

{{PostLink}}

===Scripts===

*[[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.

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Appraisal can tell you the value of your items, the stats on your equipment, and skills of your opponent and much more.

Use

APPRAISE will give you an assessment of something's abilities. 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 Agility. However, it does take your current 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 also contributes to the accuracy. As with weight, holding the cambrinth makes it easier to appraise its capacity.

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.

Creature Appraisal

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.

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.

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 LOOK. Currently, the Raven's Court is the only place with this type of appraisal available. One must 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.

Accuracy

The accuracy of your appraisal depends primarily upon the number of ranks that you have in appraisal. (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

Damage Min Value Max Value
no 0 0
dismal 1 5
poor 5 10
low 10 15
somewhat fair 15 20
fair 20 25
somewhat moderate 25 30
moderate 30 35
somewhat heavy 35 40
heavy 40 45
very heavy 45 50
great 50 55
very great 55 60
severe 60 65
very severe 65 70
extreme 70 75
very extreme 75 ??
mighty
very mighty
bone-crushing
very bone-crushing
devastating
very devastating
overwhelming
annihilating
obliterating
Balance/Power Min Value Max Value
not 0 0
terribly 1 9
dismally 10 19
poorly 20 29
inadequately 30 39
fairly 40 49
decently 50 59
reasonably 60 69
soundly 70 79
well 80 89
excellently 90 99
superbly 100 ?
incredibly ? ?
unbelievably ? ?
Brawling Gear Damage Min Value Max Value
no ? ?
poor ? ?
fair ? ?
some ? ?
moderate ? ?
a lot ? ?
quite a bit ? ?
heavy ? ?

Brawling Gear appraise as "some" or "quite a bit of" damage. This is a separate scale from normal weapons.
The values for Damage and Balance/Power 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.

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.

  • 4/15/09 - Minimally hindered is now within the range of Insignificant. Unhindered truly means unhindered by your armor.
Hindrance Min Ranks Max Ranks
no ? ?
insignificant ? ?
trivial ? ?
light ? ?
minor ? ?
fair ? ?
mild ? ?
moderate ? ?
noticeable ? ?
high ? ?
significant ? ?
great ? ?
extreme ? ?
debilitating ? ?
overwhelming ? ?
insane ? ?

Armor 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


Absorption

  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

Paladins see more specific shield protection ratings than non-Paladins. Although the armor protection scale was updated on July 17, 2011, shield protection still uses a separate scale.

Paladin Non-Paladin
very poor very poor
poor very poor
rather low rather low
low rather low
fair fair
better than fair fair
moderate moderate
moderately good moderate
good good
very good good
high high
very high high
great great
very great great
impressive impressive
very impressive impressive
tremendous tremendous
incredible incredible
god-like god-like

Equipment Construction and Condition

  1. extremely weak and easily damaged
  2. very delicate and easily damaged
  3. quite fragile
  4. rather flimsy and easily damaged
  5. particularly weak
  6. somewhat unsound against damage
  7. appreciably susceptible to damage
  8. marginally vulnerable to damage
  9. of average construction
  10. a bit safeguarded against damage
  11. rather reinforced against damage
  12. quite guarded against damage
  13. highly protected against damage
  14. very strong against damage
  15. extremely resistant to damage
  16. unusually resilient to damage
  17. nearly impervious to damage
  18. practically invulnerable to damage



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%
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

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

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


Health Injury
Dead ?

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

Cambrinth

Difficulty

Capacity Verbal Description
4-20 very lttle mana
30-50 a little mana
<108 a moderate amount of mana

Climbing and Swimming

See Also

Play.net Posts

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Scripts

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