Hi there just have a couple of questions reqarding the identification of items by mages and some other questions regarding other stuff.

(a) In Character what is the expectation for the determining of an items properties by a Scholar , Loremaster , and Magus whichever the case may be ; in terms of time needed to study the item as apposed to say an instant identification process.

(b) If say you have a situation In Character where a battle is taking place and you are roleplaying an evil character who will do what it takes to get by for instance our classic Neatural Evil Villin shedding no tears or giving a hoot and will simply kill and takes things as he sees fit ...how would this character react or more to the point what would be legal i.e ..hates a certain character for insulting her or him and decides to stip'em bare.

(c) In terms of economy i can see the system in place is good for many reasons ..allthough i think a major boost to it would be tradecraft .. i remember one system they were doing on 3 kingdoms ..and it was quite well done ; one could take a trade and make leather armours of different sorts ...or even be a herbalist. I believe this would expand the boundries beyond the typical party out to look for employment ..they may have commissions for a vast community of traders , labourers , researchers , and thats just to name a few.

(d) What are the rules on swearing in game e.g Pissed , Ass , and you know the rest; like as ive seen it all over ....probably because of the stress factor involved with dying from perma death and having a bunch of good play just go out the window but thats just guessing .

Be great to have some feedback Cheers ! :D

(a) If you pass the Lore check, you know what it is right then and there. If you want to RP something more involved, go right ahead.

(b) NE characters by the alignment definition adhere to no real compunctions or pseudo-morals that "hold them back" (as a general rule). RP your character personality as you have set it, though following PvP rules and FDing someone only within proper bounds is of course mandatory. Personally, I find FDing a PC in a wholly opportunistic move just to do it and appear evil to yourself to be the crappiest sort of RP and kill. (ie, offing someone who just died to a quest spawn with you for no real reason, with no RP background, etc, just to loot them.) I will award no XP no such "kills" and likely put you on my PvP Poo Poo list.

(c) Likely a comprehensive crafting system will not be implemented. There are other things you can do in game though, that can provide trade, such as potion brewing, wand crafting, and reselling items. People have been very successfull with these activities already, and there is an herbalism system planned.

(d) Keep the swearing out, think up some original insults if you need too keeping to the RP setting. No one should ever swear in OOC hate tells to the person they just died to, etc. If that happens, contact a DM in game and we will adjust the other players behavior for you.

Splendid this answers all my questions ; thank you kindly for responding.