--- deliantra/Deliantra-Client/pod/skill_help.pod	2008/04/02 13:59:11	1.14
+++ deliantra/Deliantra-Client/pod/skill_help.pod	2010/03/31 16:13:59	1.19
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 You can identify potions, containers, and different kinds of ore and
 mineral, mix potions and create other stuff (such as gold, weapons, deadly
 monsters killing him/her etc.) from other ingredients using a cauldron
-L<$ARCH/misc/Container/cauldron.base.111.png>.
+L<$ARCH/cauldron.x11>.
 
 To identify alchemy stuff you have to stand over it or have it in your inventory and
 issue the command C<use_skill alchemy>. The alchemy items will be identified. Some might
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 You can identify missile weapons and missiles such as arrows, bolts and
 bows.  One can also create special bows and arrows from other ingredients
 using the bowyer skill like the L<alchemy skill|skill_description/alchemy>
-skill and a B<workbench> L<$ARCH/misc/Container/workbench.base.111.png>
+skill and a B<workbench> L<$ARCH/workbench.x11>
 (you just have to find out a recipe).
 
 =head2 clawing
@@ -158,8 +158,12 @@
 
 =head2 literacy
 
-You can identify books and scrolls that you hold.  Since scrolls are
-currently always identified, this is not the greatest of skills.
+With this skill you can identify books and scrolls in your inventory,
+giving you more experience that you cna invest into identifying higher
+level books and scrolls.
+
+Literacy is also required to read books and scrolls, and to learn new
+spells and skills from books and scrolls.
 
 =head2 lockpicking
 
@@ -238,6 +242,11 @@
 
 You can disarm previously discovered traps (for example, with the B<find traps> skill).
 
+=head2 mining
+
+You know how to use a pickaxe to extract minerals from veins. You can also use
+spells of the mining spell school. For instance the I<detect mineral> spell.
+
 =head2 sense curse
 
 You can detect whether items that you hold are B<cursed> by firing in any
@@ -293,18 +302,20 @@
 =head2 woodsman
 
 While the skill is readied, the possessor will move faster through
-"wooded" terrain (B<forest>, B<grasslands>, B<brush>, B<jungle>, etc.)
+"wooded" terrain (B<forest>, B<grasslands>, B<brush>, B<jungle>, etc.).
+
+Woodsmen can also craft various items useful to their skill.
 
 =head2 inscription
 
-You can inscribe scrolls with a text. This is useful to create messages,
-especially via the Imperial Post Office (IPO).
+You can inscribe empty scrolls and books with a text. This is useful to
+create messages, especially via the Imperial Post Office (IPO).
 
-You can also rewrite spell scrolls with a previously known spell. You
-need L<mana|stat_mana>, time and an old scroll. Backfire effects are
+You can also write spell scrolls with a spell known to you. You need
+L<mana|stat_mana>, time and an old scroll for that. Backfire effects are
 possible. Only available as a 'writing pen'.
 
-How to rewrite a mail scroll/books etc.:
+How to write into a mail scroll/books etc.:
 
    mark <name of scroll> # or use the menu
    use_skill inscription <your message goes here>
@@ -315,11 +326,9 @@
    cast <spell>          # prepare the spell you want to write
    use_skill inscription # write the spell on the scroll
 
-The scroll on which you want to write has to be much lower than your inscription
-level, otherwise you may accidentally read the scroll and cast the spell inside it.
-If you succeed, the scroll will be a scroll of the spell you chose and your level of
-inscription as its level. Hence, you don't need to be that level in the spell skill
-to write higher level spellscrolls.
+If you succeed, the scroll will be a scroll of the spell you chose and
+your level of inscription as its level. Hence, you don't need to be that
+level in the spell skill to write higher level spellscrolls.
 
 Caution: Magic spell writing can be risky to one's health. There can be
 some negative effects if one fails to write a spell scroll. The most