ProjectGorgon:Poetry Appreciation
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 Poetry Appreciation
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 Skill in finding the meaning of poems, especially difficult and tedious ones.
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| Skill Type: | Other Skill
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| Max Level: | 50
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| Requirements: | N/A
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| 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 ProjectGorgon:Poetry Appreciation can be accomplished through two methods.
- Read an appraised Poetry Book which requires Level 0 ProjectGorgon:Poetry Appreciation.
- Stand near a Poetry Podium while another character reads a Poetry Book and provide a rating for the read poem.
Continue leveling ProjectGorgon: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:
- ProjectGorgon:Oratory - A skill that can be leveled by reading poetry to others.
- ProjectGorgon:Art History - A skill required for the identification of looted poetry books.
Poetry Appreciation Mechanics
Unidentified Poetry Books
Poetry Books can be found across ProjectGorgon:Alharth, usually in an unidentified form. Rudimentary knowledge of ProjectGorgon:Art History is required to appraise an unidentified poetry book. After appraisal, the discovered Poetry Book will require a specific level of ProjectGorgon: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 ProjectGorgon:Face of Death in ProjectGorgon:Borghild and the stronger ProjectGorgon:Visage of Demise found across ProjectGorgon:Rahu tend to drop many scrolls and recipes, including poetry books.
| Unidentified Book | Skill to Appraise | Potential Results |
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| ProjectGorgon:Art History 20 | , , , , | |
| ProjectGorgon:Art History 25 | , , , , | |
| ProjectGorgon:Art History 30 | , , , , | |
| ProjectGorgon:Art History 35 | , , , , |
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.
- - Does not grant ProjectGorgon:Poetry Appreciation experience. Often collected for favor.
- - Does not grant ProjectGorgon:Poetry Appreciation experience. Often collected for favor.
- - Does not grant ProjectGorgon:Poetry Appreciation experience. Often collected for favor.
- - Does not grant ProjectGorgon:Poetry Appreciation experience. Often collected for favor.
- -Does not grant ProjectGorgon:Poetry Appreciation experience. Often collected for favor.
- - A consistent drop from the aspiring Goblin poet ProjectGorgon: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 |
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| None | 0 | 500 | |
| +4% Combat XP | 0 | 50 | |
| +25% Psychic Mitigation | 5 | 50 | |
| +2% Direct Damage | 5 | 75 | |
| +4% Combat XP | 5 | 75 | |
| +25% Psychic Mitigation | 10 | 100 | |
| +50 Max Armor | 0 | 50 | |
| +25% Psychic Mitigation | 3 | 75 | |
| +2% Crafting XP | 15 | 200 | |
| +100 Max Armor | 20 | 400 | |
| +50% Psychic Mitigation | 35 | 750 | |
| +4% Direct Damage | 10 | 100 | |
| +4% Direct Damage | 25 | 500 | |
| +3.5% Crafting XP | 30 | 600 | |
| +75% Psychic Mitigation | 35 | 750 | |
| +150 Max Armor | 45 | 1000 | |
| +2% Direct Damage | 0 | 50 | |
| +8% Combat XP | 7 | 200 | |
| +5% Crafting XP | 23 | 400 | |
| +12% Combat XP | 38 | 500 | |
| 6% Direct Damage | 48 | 1000 |
Complete list of Poetry Items
Poetry Podium
"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 ProjectGorgon:Poetry Appreciation XP that you'd get by reading it privately, but all other nearby players will ALSO earn that much ProjectGorgon:Poetry Appreciation XP. You will also earn ProjectGorgon: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 ProjectGorgon:Guilds to work together to host public weekly Poetry Jam events.
Podium Locations
- ProjectGorgon:Serbule
- The Chortling Beaver (ProjectGorgon:Fainor's Inn).
- ProjectGorgon:Red Wing Casino
- Public stage.
Poetry Appreciation Experience Table
Click Expand to view the Experience Table for Poetry Appreciation
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.