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Poetry Appreciation
Skill in finding the meaning of poems, especially difficult and tedious ones.
Skill Type:	Other Skill
Max Level:	50
Requirements:	N/A
Skill Trainers:	N/A

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Everybody's a critic!

Poetry Appreciation Overview

Poetry Appreciation is the ability to interpret and appreciate poetry.

In-Game Description

Skill in finding the meaning of poems, especially difficult and tedious ones.

Training Poetry Appreciation

Learning Poetry Appreciation can be accomplished through two methods.

• Read an appraised Poetry Book which requires Level 0 Poetry Appreciation.
• Stand near a Poetry Podium while another character reads a Poetry Book and provide a rating for the read poem.

Continue leveling Poetry Appreciation through:

• Reading appraised Poetry Books.
• Listening to Poetry Books read by others at a Poetry Podium, and providing ratings for the poems read.

Connected Skills

Sub-Skills:

• None

Secondary Skills:

• None

Related Skills:

• Oratory - A skill that can be leveled by reading poetry to others.
• Art History - A skill required for the identification of looted poetry books.

Poetry Appreciation Mechanics

Unidentified Poetry Books

Poetry Books can be found across Alharth, usually in an unidentified form. Rudimentary knowledge of Art History is required to appraise an unidentified poetry book. After appraisal, the discovered Poetry Book will require a specific level of Poetry Appreciation to read. Poetry Books have a chance of dropping from any creature that drops scrolls, so Undead and Arthropods are usually targeted by prospective Poetry Appreciators. In particular, the Undead Face of Death in Borghild and the stronger Visage of Demise found across Rahu tend to drop many scrolls and recipes, including poetry books.

Unidentified Book	Skill to Appraise	Potential Results
Unidentified Poetry Book	Art History 20	Poetry Primer ,   "Worm Food" ,   "The Magic Belt" ,   "The Fall of Man" by Zini ,   Gammo's "Legions of Stone"
Unidentified Poetry Chapbook	Art History 25	"Who Loves Mort?" ,   "Rain Dances of the Lost Tribe" ,   "Why Are There Bees" by Jim Hatcher ,   "Battle of Fok" ,   "Sunsets" by Enst
Unidentified Poetry Volume	Art History 30	"Till The Land By Moonlight" ,   "Commentary on Slavery" ,   "Horse, Carry My Topaz" ,   "Collected Works of Gammo" ,   "Kur Hauntings" by Zuk-Ghu
Unidentified Poetry Book	Art History 35	"Song of Ir-Hetsu" ,   "The Tonsils of Truth" by Su-Moltik ,   "The Face of Umrad" by Gammo ,   "In Defense of Rakshasa Food" ,   "The Harpy Lands" by Rosedriah

Previously Identified Poetry

While most poetry is found in the form of unidentified books, a few items can be found that do not require identification.

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  Burial Poem
  - Does not grant Poetry Appreciation experience. Often collected for favor.
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  Elven Verse
  - Does not grant Poetry Appreciation experience. Often collected for favor.
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  Translated Goblin Poetry
  - Does not grant Poetry Appreciation experience. Often collected for favor.
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  Goblin Poetry
  - Does not grant Poetry Appreciation experience. Often collected for favor.
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  Rakshasa Poetry
  -Does not grant Poetry Appreciation experience. Often collected for favor.
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  Gruzark's Chapbook
  - A consistent drop from the aspiring Goblin poet Gruzark. This item is recommended for aspirating poets who plan to attend a Poetry Jam.

Poetry Book Bonuses

• Note that some of the poetry book buffs below may be outdated.

Poetry Name	Buff	Poetry Level	XP Earned
Poetry Primer	None	0	500
"Worm Food"	+4% Combat XP	0	50
Gruzark's Chapbook	+25% Psychic Mitigation	5	10
"The Magic Belt"	+2% Direct Damage	5	75
"The Fall of Man" by Zini	+4% Combat XP	5	75
Gammo's "Legions of Stone"	+25% Psychic Mitigation	10	100
"Who Loves Mort?"	+50 Max Armor	0	50
"Rain Dances of the Lost Tribe"	+25% Psychic Mitigation	3	75
"Why Are There Bees" by Jim Hatcher	+2% Crafting XP	15	200
"Battle of Fok"	+100 Max Armor	20	400
"Sunsets" by Enst	+50% Psychic Mitigation	35	750
"Till The Land By Moonlight"	+4% Direct Damage	10	100
"Commentary on Slavery"	+4% Direct Damage	25	500
"Horse, Carry My Topaz"	+3.5% Crafting XP	30	600
"Collected Works of Gammo"	+75% Psychic Mitigation	35	750
"Kur Hauntings" by Zuk-Ghu	+150 Max Armor	45	1000
"Song of Ir-Hetsu"	+2% Direct Damage	0	50
"The Tonsils of Truth" by Su-Moltik	+8% Combat XP	7	200
"The Face of Umrad" by Gammo	+5% Crafting XP	23	400
"In Defense of Rakshasa Food"	+12% Combat XP	38	500
"The Harpy Lands" by Rosedriah	6% Direct Damage	48	1000

Complete list of Poetry Items

Poetry Podium

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Here you can recite poetry. You'll need a poetry book (which is destroyed in the process). When you recite a poem aloud, you only earn 1/3 of the Poetry Appreciation XP that you'd get by reading it privately, but all other nearby players will ALSO earn that much Poetry Appreciation XP. You will also earn Oratory XP based on the number of people listening.

Instead of actually forcing players to read an entire book of poems, you will be prompted to enter a short poem yourself. You can write your own poetry or copy-and-paste poetry from elsewhere. (If you use others' poems, make sure to credit them!)

Nearby players will see your poem and can vote on whether they like it or not. You'll get general feedback about how your poem was received, but that feedback has no game-play effects. (Because everybody's a critic).

— Serbule Poetry Podium

Poetry Podiums are public locations where poetry can be read aloud to others. It has become common for Guilds to work together to host public weekly Poetry Jam events.

Podium Locations

Serbule

The Chortling Beaver (Fainor's Inn).

Red Wing Casino

Public stage.

Poetry Appreciation Level Up Rewards

Poetry Appreciation Experience Table

Trivia

Poetry Appreciation is probably a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy], given that the Vogons used "Poetry Appreciation Chairs", and the fact that all the Poetry books have descriptions talking about how awful they are.

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