Appraisal

Skill Requirement: Low

Mana requirement: Low

The promised all-purpose skill of isekai works… is not this one.

The Appraisal spell of Lambda is a spell that produces information regarding the target by drawing conclusions from information already known to the caster. So when the caster uses Appraisal on an unknown target, it simply makes conjectures from the caster’s own knowledge.

For example, if Appraisal is used on a mushroom and the caster is not knowledgeable about mushrooms, he would only see something like, “A mysterious mushroom. It is a mushroom, classified as a fungus.” If the caster is an expert on mushrooms, he would be able to use similar mushroom species as a reference to make conjectures as to whether the target mushroom is poisonous or not, how it tastes and how it grows. However, that does not mean that the resulting information is necessarily correct.

Because it displays information that has entered the caster’s mind once, even if the caster has already forgotten about it, there are many who use this spell as a convenient way of having an internal encyclopedia.

Most Guilds have measures to prevent cheating in exams through the use of this spell. However, if one can cast this spell in such a way that the examiners would not notice it, this would demonstrate excellence in another way. (Since at the very least, this would mean that the caster possesses the Chant Revocation skill.)

Of course, this spell does not allow the caster to see the Status of others, though things like slaves or Familiars owned by the caster are an exception to this.

Vandalieu’s followers are an exception to that rule as well.