On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Mike Roach wrote:

>
> Last night in lower guk a fellow was auctioning a "shark-skin drum" that he
> said he picked up in Kedge Keep and he claimed that a bard friend who tested
> it for him said that it was about 15% faster speed increase over the MM
> drum. I tried to trade an Enameled Black Chestplate for it but he wanted
> like 10kpp worth of stuff for it.

A old fishing buddy of mine had an interesting trait. He
always exaggerated the weights and lengths of the fish he
caught. What was unusual was that he subconciously always
exaggerated by the same amount, even though he was terrible at
math. I found that dividing his claims by 1.7 almost always
gave the proper weight and length.

I've found a similar rule holds true for people selling stuff.
Divide all claims of "increase" by 2.0. If the drum even
exists, which I doubt since a 15% greater effect than the MM
drum would rank it better than Selo's drum of march.

Some people will make up anything to make a sale. I had a
fellow try to trade me a lute of the gypsy princess claiming
his bard friend tested it and it increased string songs by
30%, even though many people on this list have tested it and
found no improvement.

> He also told me his Ykesha was only for trade for 10kpp worth of loot but
> that he was planning on probably holding on to it until after Verant "makes
> the patch that changes the Ykesha to a warrior only weapon" and the price
> "goes through the roof".

They're still dropping. :)

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John H. Kim
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