Poetry Appreciation

Poetry Appreciation
300px 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

"Battle of Fok"   "Collected Works of Gammo"   "Commentary on Slavery"   "Horse, Carry My Topaz"   "In Defense of Rakshasa Food"   "Kur Hauntings" by Zuk-Ghu   "Rain Dances of the Lost Tribe"   "Song of Ir-Hetsu"   "Sunsets" by Enst   "The Face of Umrad" by Gammo   "The Fall of Man" by Zini

"The Harpy Lands" by Rosedriah   "The Magic Belt"   "The Tonsils of Truth" by Su-Moltik   "Till The Land By Moonlight"   "Who Loves Mort?"   "Why Are There Bees" by Jim Hatcher   "Worm Food"   Burial Poem   Elven Verse   Friendship Arrangement   Gammo's "Legions of Stone"

Goblin Poetry   Gruzark's Chapbook   Poetry Primer   Rakshasa Poetry   Translated Goblin Poetry   Unidentified Poetry Book   Unidentified Poetry Chapbook   Unidentified Poetry Tome   Unidentified Poetry Volume

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

Level	Reward
10	+1 to Vocabulary
15	+1 to Flower Arrangement
20	+1 to Artistry
25	+1 to Flower Arrangement
30	+1 to Vocabulary
35	+1 to Bard
40	+1 to Lore
45	+1 to Flower Arrangement
50	+1 to Vocabulary

Poetry Appreciation Experience Table

Click Expand to view the Experience Table for Poetry Appreciation

Level	Experience	Total Experience
1	10	10
2	50	60
3	50	110
4	50	160
5	50	210
6	210	420
7	210	630
8	210	840
9	210	1050
10	210	1260
11	420	1680
12	420	2100
13	420	2520
14	420	2940
15	420	3360
16	680	4040
17	680	4720
18	680	5400
19	680	6080
20	680	6760
21	990	7750
22	990	8740
23	990	9730
24	990	10720
25	990	11710
26	1350	13060
27	1350	14410
28	1350	15760
29	1350	17110
30	1350	18460
31	1760	20220
32	1760	21980
33	1760	23740
34	1760	25500
35	1760	27260
36	2500	29760
37	2500	32260
38	2500	34760
39	2500	37260
40	2500	39760
41	3210	42970
42	3210	46180
43	3210	49390
44	3210	52600
45	3210	55810
46	4440	60250
47	4440	64690
48	4440	69130
49	4440	73570
50	4440	78010

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.