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update 8/5/2009: You can now easily compare equipment by searching for a comma separated list, e.g. "goblin,holy,crimson", to compare goblin, holy, and crimson equipment.
Knowledge has been passed down for revisions as little more than gossip in an oral culture of verse;
history shaped and reshaped by those who misrecalled history from recited memory. Inaccuracy and implicit but
unacknowledged ass-covering blurred meanings, so that the histories of the Bards might be used for some petty
neophyte's own cynical divinity. Perverted, in that fashion, for the aggrandizement of some jackass for
whom you, dear seeker of wisdom, probably voted.
Here, instead, is a subjective account written entirely in arbitrary numbers:
This compendium is currently maintained by Fjord. It runs by a combination of TF, Mason-Perl, and MySQL.
Notes on Lore Rating: Bard lore bases its rating on an absolute scale of overall protection
(thus a 'pretty good' for a ring offers the same protection as a 'pretty good' for a main armour). This
makes it differentiated from Juggernaut analyze, which changes scale according to the type of armor
(though juggs get a 15 tier scale). Lore
has an 8 tiered scale (none or 0 to 7 or 'utterly BS'), with fine granularity on the lower end and
less granularity on the top. The primary difference distinguished by our "expert" staff
between Necromancer and Bard analysis is that Necros get much greater detail on the upper end
of the scale, with 2 or 3 different ratings for AC that a Bard would judge to be "Utterly BS"
(for instance Icodelies Armour
rates as utterly bs for edged and crushing, where necros consider the slots as
5 and 6 respectively on a scale
of 8). That is to say, they're a lot more fanatic
about the quality of their armor - something we can only assume derives from their sucky tanking and
the Werewolf's mythical ability to judge the quality of goods and services in their bloody, rampaging
orgies of lycanthropic destruction. Such abilities truly are the stuff of legends.
The transmission of quest information and other abuses by means of this service is monitored and
will result in removal of the system. Any information pertaining to the location
and procurement of an item is forbidden and will be removed. Notes on equipment should be kept strictly
to their functional aspects and rating the difficulty of procurement.
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