Item designations

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Some items have characters surrounding the name, which is a way to determine certain properties at a glance.

Contents 1 Quality 2 Improvement / Decoration 3 Wear 4 Provenance / Ownership 5 Other

[edit] Quality

Sword Ordinary

-Sword- Well-crafted

+Sword+ Finely-crafted

*Sword* Superior quality

≡Sword≡ Exceptional

☼Sword☼ A masterpiece

[edit] Improvement / Decoration

«Sword» Improved or decorated

Decoration can have a quality modifier themselves, leading to combinations such as:

*«Sword»* Superior improvement/decoration

≡«+Sword+»≡ Exceptional improvement/decoration on a finely-crafted object

*«≡Sword≡»* Not possible^Verify – improvement/decoration quality will only be shown if higher than base quality

[edit] Wear

xSwordx Showing some wear - worth ³⁄₄

XSwordX Heavily worn or threadbare - worth ¹⁄₂

XXSwordXX In tatters or mangled - worth ¹⁄₄

[edit] Provenance / Ownership

(Sword) Not produced on-site, does not count towards wealth

{Sword} Unclaimed/Forbidden

$Sword$ Owned by someone else. Only appears in adventure mode.

[edit] Other

‼Sword‼ On fire

◀Sword► Magical (magic is not yet implemented)

The longest possible item designation is ‼{≡«+XX(Sword)XX+»≡}‼ (Is that in the right order?^Verify)