17.6 The academic skill of Itemlore.

Itemlore is a basic skill, mainly developed by alchemists and loremasters. It deals with your ability to assess items of their inherent worth, weight and assorted properties. Associated with the Itemlore skill is the PROBE command. Type PROBE followed by the name of an item to gain information about it using this skill. As you rise in Itemlore proficiency you will find the depth of probing increasing and the number of properties that you can discover rising.