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Skill: lapidary                 Lvl 12  Any  (85%)
                                (helpful)   Requires: mining
                                Group: Lapidarists Guild Trade Skills
                                Profession
                                Guild: The Lapidarists Guild  Rank: Apprentice
Skill: gemcutter                Lvl 20  Any  (85%)
                                (helpful)   Requires: grind stone
                                Group: Lapidarists Guild Trade Skills
                                Profession
                                Guild: The Lapidarists Guild  Rank: Adept

lapidary help
lapidary list
lapidary check <stone>
lapidary check <lapidary item>
lapidary create <item> <stone>
lapidary add <stone> <item>
stop

The 'lapidary' skill allows you to work with many common types of stone.
It is mostly used to create decorative objects such as cups, vases and
plates, but you can also fashion stone clubs. You can fashion objects
for other players by adding their name after the name of the item you
wish to craft.

The 'gemcutter' skill is a refinement of lapidary work. You can carve
stone into rings, beaded necklaces, bracelets and gemstones. These
gemstones can be mounted to forged jewelry, hilted weapons and various
other crafted items to enhance their properties using the 'lapidary add'
command. You can also inlay many types of unhewn stone into crafted items.
Note that you can add gemstones to crafted objects with just the lapidary
skill, but you cannot inlay without the gemcutter skill.

Many hard gemstones, such are peridot, diamond, garnet, emerald, ruby,
sapphire and topaz, cannot be made into lapidary objects, but can be
cut into gemstones. You can use the 'lapidary check' command to
see what kinds of lapidary stones you have in your inventory. Using
lapidary check on a stone will give you an idea of what it can be made
into, and possibly what kind of properties it may have.

Certain kinds of pearls can also be added as gems, while gathered coral and
mother-of-pearl can be inlaid. If you know gemcutter and bonecraft, you can
inlay harvested bone onto certain crafted items such as crowns and goblets.
If you know gemcutter and forge armor, you can inlay stone onto forged armor,
though this can sometimes slightly decrease the ac of the piece.

Before mounting a gemstone to an object, it is a good idea to 'appraise'
the object first. The appraise command will give you a rough idea of
how much more an object can be improved. Be aware that while you can
mount gems onto lapidary jewelry, it will not yield as good as results
as with forged or woodcrafted jewelry, and may even result in an
inferior piece.

Having low dexterity or intelligence can cause you to make a mistake
and crack a stone you are working on. A high intelligence can help when
crafting with very hard gems, but your knowledge of lapidary and
gemcutter has a biggest impact on success.