Pool Skill

[ Return to Game Mechanics ]

Pool Skill is an enchantment on several different item that positively affects your ability to play pool, either in the Typical Tavern or in your clan's VIP lounge. Maximizing your ability to play pool can be helpful in making some extra meat in the Tavern, showing your clanmates who's boss, or hunting for a certain trophy.

Known Pool Skill Increasers

Source	Source Type	Pool Skill	Duration	Cost	Notes
Staff of Fats	Item	5	Always		A Quest Item
Chalky Hand	Effect	3	5 Adventures	Item Loss	Obtained from handful of hand chalk Never Fumble Weapon Damage +3
pool cue	Weapon (2H)	3	Always		Moxie +3
Swimming with Sharks	Effect	3	15 Adventures	Item Loss	Obtained from shark cartilage +20% Meat from Monsters Makes you a better diver

Suspected Pool Skill Increasers

Several items, effects, or qualities of a given Adventurer are also suspected to improve pool playing ability, despite not showing a Pool Skill enchantment. These include:

• equipping a lucky rabbit's foot
• equipping a shark jumper
• choosing "Rack 'em up" in A Shark's Chum multiple times
• having Chalked Weapon, from a cube of billiard chalk
• having a drunkenness of exactly 10

No Pool Skill Effect

Some noteworthy items that do not increase Pool Skill include:

• the Staff of Ed (but can be untinkered into the Staff of Fats)

Notes

• Items in your display case do not affect your Pool Skill, as stated by Jick on a radio show.

[ Return to Game Mechanics ]