Charmed, I'm sure

[***GENERAL** Snuggles]

Hey kids, I can't find anywhere that says how to use charms. When speaking of charms I am speaking about those blue orb things - those ARE charms right? And if they are charms, how does a stud (such as myself) use one. Help would be great. Or some bus-fare. AND if you can cook, I make a good date...

[Raze_Larian]

You need the Enchant Weapon skill to be able to add charms to equipment. Click on an equipped item with a charm quality, and a window will open up, with up to 5 slots (depending on the charm quality), with the number of open slots given by the level of Enchant Weapon. Drag and drop a charm from your inventory (etc) to an open slot in the charm window to permanently add it to the item.

If you have a good piece of equipment you think you may be using for awhile, I would only use silver (large) or gold (very large) charms (the latter being rare up until the end section of the game; silver charms can be bought or found earlier).

[Himothy Hims]

How can you tell if the charm is silver or gold? Is it the color of the actual item itself or the text?

[Raze_Larian]

Silver and gold are the actual colours of the charms, with the descriptions being large or very large, respectively. There are also lesser charms (red / medium, blue / minor and green / weak), though I'd only use them in equipment you don't expect to be keeping for a long time.