>From: "Kimes, Dean W." <Dean_Kimes@...>
>Reply-To: eqbards@onelist.com
>To: "'eqbards@onelist.com'" <eqbards@onelist.com>
>Subject: RE: [eqbards] A trade skill question for the gallery.
>Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 13:40:10 -0600
>
> >Cured Silk it actually the hardest tailored item (I hear it trivs in the
> >130's). So the best route for talioring is Patchwork -> Raw Silk ->
>Studded
> >armor -> Reinforced Armor -> Cured silk. I am currently on the studded
> >armor phase (skill 51). Tailoring is a pain due to the scarcity of
>medium
> >and high quality pelts/skins and the fact that you need to be a good
>smith
> >or have a friend that is one to progress. Good luck!
>
> >Rokenn Swiftsong - Karana server
> >Master Craftsmen of Societus Argenti
>
>Don't know who told you that Rokenn but they sold you a bill of goods. I
>succeed on 66% of Cured silk tunics at skill of 44. I made my first one at
>35. If you try Cured silk you should succeed a lot at 51 I think. Either
>that or I am just the luckiest silk tailor in all of Norrath as I am
>currently 35 out of 53 for all my Cured Silk attempts rom skill 35 to 44.
>I
>think its more likely it is now :
>
>Patchwork
>Studded/Raw Silk (equal difficulty? They said they lowered Studded)
>Cured Silk
>Reinforced Leather
>Magical Silk (Shadow Silk here soon?)

I will have to give cured silk another try. I tried it once and failed 5
times in a row with a skill in the high 30's. Raw silk it trival to me at
51, but studded it not. A friend of mine told me that studded trivs in the
low 60s (I think 63). Time to go spider hunting tonight :)