UO Second Age

Is this a necessary skill? I am training a warrior and have read in the Wiki about this skill but am unsure as to whethter it wil help much. Any help will be greatly appreciated..

Arms lore is not necessary on a warrior. It's used to see the condition of an item. There's no extra benefits to the skill, it's alright on a blacksmith, but even that isn't necessary

thank you...it was confusing what was on the Wiki about this skill..these are my skills on my warrior

Swords
Parry
Tactics
Anatomy
healing
Resist magic

I was training music and arms lore music to raise dex and int, and arms lore because of the Wiki.. any suggestion on what to take their place...

I would add one of the following (or a mix of things):

Hiding
Poisoning
Magery
Tracking

what would 50 poisoning and 50 magery do...and is there an NPC who trains poisoning, tracking or hiding..or do I start with zero and work up?

Having a low poisoning skill would not be great, but may come in handy, who knows

Chance of poisoning opponent with a bladed weapon = PoisonSkill (of crafter, not wielder) / 4
So with 50 poisoning you might be able to apply lesser or regular poison (couldn't find any info). But your chance of actually hitting someone with poison would be only 12.5%. This would only be useful at all in PvP combat, these low level poisons are only good for one thing: stopping a bandage from healing damage.

So if you were going the poisonining/mage route I would personally have 40 poisoning/60 mage (both "real skill"). This would most probably boost you to 63 magery, giving you 100% chance to cast 4th level spells (eg recall). And also allowing you to cast 5th-6th circle (with fizzles). 40 poisoning will allow you to apply lesser poisons with a 10% chance of successfully hitting for poison.

Thanks...I still have not made a decision...but I guess I need to soon...*grins*