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Fumeology
Fumeology is the art of smoking a hookah. A character may gain up to two permanent perception points through fumeology.
Fumeology For Parties
So you're at a party, and there's people sitting around a hookah. What do you need to know to join in? Just this:
We smoke because it gives eventual permanent gains in perception points. See below. If you're at a party and click on a hookah and see the option to smoke, go for it! There's no need to go get a skill or tech or anything, and it won't effect your stats the way eating food does. (You'll get the Fumeology skill automatically when you first smoke.) You only get a Fumeology point from herbs or herb combinations you haven't already got a point from, so keep track so you don't waste herbs. If you're at a party, don't clean the hookah bowl until the herb is used up. Usually the host will take care of filling and lighting it. And that's what you need to know to smoke at a party. Have fun!
General Information
The Art of the Pipe can be learned at the School of Art for 7 Fine Glass Rods. Once you have learned the skill, you can make a Hookah Bowl in the Glory Hole using 1 Fine Glass Rod. A Hookah is built using a Hookah Bowl, 14 Canvas, and 1 Water in Jugs. It will have the same quality as the Hookah Bowl it is made from. Quality seems to affect how many tokes each herb will give, although it is common opinion that there is a time limit that has an effect as well.
A Hookah can be loaded with herbs, lit, and cleaned only by the owner. The owner can also pick it up, and it can be stashed in a chest like any other object. Just drop it again to use it. If it still had an herb in it when picked up, you can continue smoking that herb when you drop it. Anyone may smoke from a hookah once it is lit. One or multiple types of herbs may be loaded into a Hookah. Each lighting provides a number of tokes based on Hookah quality, no matter how many herbs are added. You need one deben of Charcoal to light a Hookah, and one Water in Jugs to clean the Hookah. The Hookah must be cleaned each time in order to add new herbs. The timer between tokes is based on Constitution and is 45 seconds with 0 Constitution.
Points seem to be given randomly. Some people will get points, others may not. When you do get a point, it will say:
| Fumeology points | Text |
|---|---|
| 0 - 7 | "You puff gently on the Hookah." |
| 8 - 21 | "You draw smoothly on the Hookah, and smile." |
| 22 - 49 | "You inhale the smoke of the Hookah, relax, and exhale to the sky." |
| 50 - 128 | "The Hookah smoke fills your lungs. You notice the beauty of your surroundings, the soft sounds, the breeze." |
| 129 - 192 | "You drink in the smoke. You notice the simple beauty of the Hookah bowl, and marvel at its clarity." |
| 193 - 256 | "The smoke meets your lips like a first kiss. You caress the Hookah back." |
| 257 | "A soft, white cat brushes against your leg. You pick it up to stroke it but - what is this? - There is no cat, just the wisps of gentle smoke." |
| 258 - 349 | "You inhale the warm smoke. Peace, harmony." |
| 350 | "You inhale the warm smoke. A fleeting glimpse of a farmer growing crops, while beetles scamper around. What could it mean?" |
| 351 - ??? | "A gentle wisdom comes over you as the smoke trails from your mouth." |
Followed by a description of the herb. "The smoke is <type> and <flavor>, with an aroma of <aroma>.", where type is :
- Clean for 1 herb,
- Interesting for 2 herbs combo,
- Complex for 3 herbs combo.
You can fail to get a point on the first toke or first several tokes of an herb, but then get one later. A point on the 34th toke is the latest which has been observed so far, but some combinations of herbs may just not give points at all. (I got a point on 41th toke once, with a single herb - MazeJr)
Important to note that you can eventually get points from ALL the herbs and herb combos - so its not so important which herb you tried only the ones you got points from because eventually, if you smoke enough, you will get a point from all the herbs. So keep track of POINT GIVERS and keep smoking the others. ShuoftheFieryHeat 14:31, 22 November 2009 (EST)
It seems that one can not get a Fumeology point from the same herb or combination of herbs more than once, although it has been confirmed by multiple people that different herbs, or combinations thereof, with identical tastes and aromas (see tables below) will give additional Fumeology points. At 49 Fumeology, one receives a permanent increase to their perception. At 243 Fumeology, one receives a second permanent increase to their perception.
It is possible to get a point in Fumeology, but not see a message about flavor/aroma. To avoid wasting additional herbs, check your score while you're smoking. You might have gotten a "stealth" point! It's not clear if this is a bug or not, but that's how it works!
