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ARMS LORE

"Know thy blade - master of weapon and armor assessment"

Skill Overview

Arms Lore is the art of evaluating weapons, armor, and combat equipment to determine their condition, damage potential, and protective qualities. Masters of Arms Lore can assess any piece of equipment instantly and gain significant bonuses when crafting superior weapons and armor.

How Arms Lore Works

Binary Success System

Arms Lore uses a simple pass/fail system. Success reveals complete information, failure shows nothing.

  • • Skill check range: 0-100
  • • Success = Full item details
  • • Failure = "You are not certain..."
  • • No skill level thresholds

Targetable Items

Weapons

All types

Armor

All pieces

Special

Dragon barding

Information Revealed

Weapon Assessment

Durability Scale

  • • Brand new (90-100%)
  • • Almost new (80-89%)
  • • Barely damaged (70-79%)
  • • Somewhat damaged (60-69%)
  • • ... down to falling apart

Damage Categories

  • • Ranged weapon damage
  • • Piercing damage (spears)
  • • Slashing damage (swords)
  • • Bashing damage (maces)

Special Properties

  • • Poison detection
  • • One/two-handed classification
  • • Weapon type identification

Damage Formula

(min + max) ÷ 2 ÷ 5

Categorized into damage bands

Armor Assessment

Protection Scale

  • • No defense (0-4 AR)
  • • Almost no defense (5-9 AR)
  • • Some defense (10-14 AR)
  • • Maximum protection (30-35 AR)

Condition Details

  • • Same 0-9 durability scale
  • • Current vs maximum hit points
  • • Repair need assessment

🌟 UOGamers Crafting Bonuses

Exclusive ML era bonuses that make Arms Lore essential for crafters!

Weapon Crafting (+Damage)

Bonus = Arms Lore ÷ 20

Maximum +50% weapon damage

  • • 40 skill = +2% damage
  • • 80 skill = +4% damage
  • • 100 skill = +5% damage

Armor Crafting (+Resistances)

Points = Arms Lore ÷ 20

Random resist distribution

  • • Physical/Fire/Cold
  • • Energy/Poison
  • • Armor only (not shields)

Historical Features

Wrestling Disarm (Legacy)

Combined with Wrestling for unarmed disarm attacks.

Requirements:

  • • 80.0+ Arms Lore
  • • 80.0+ Wrestling
  • • Unarmed (no weapon)
  • • 15 stamina cost

Success Rate:

(Wrestling + Arms Lore) ÷ 200

Max 100% at GM both

Training Path

0-30: Character Creation

Available in Blacksmith template (30.0 starting)

30-64: Practice Training

Use on any weapons or armor pieces

No cooldown, train anywhere

64-100: NPC Trainers

Weaponsmiths, Armorers, Guild Masters

Most efficient for high levels

💡 50% gain rate - moderate training speed