What am I doing wrong? Confused
So been back for last month plus. Have't played since 3rd Dawn so lots of new learning going on. Recently started a Gargoyle Inscriptionist/Imbuer and am having no success in trying to unravel items. I bought and have 40 Imbueing skill yet when I stand next to the soulforge it says "Your Imbueing skill is not high enough to unravel this item". I have tried numerous different items with the same result. I tried away from the soulforge and get the "you need to be at a soulforge" notice so all that is right. Second issue is I have the spell components to write Mysticism spells but keep the message "you do not have the required components" no matter which scrolls I try to write. My skill is at 62 and the last scroll requirement is only 17.8 and have a 100% chance to write it. It also shows I need "Stygian Abyss" since this character is a Gargoyle, I have imbueing and mysticism skills and am currently standing in the Royal City next to the Soulforge" I thought that meant I have the expansion. I sold all my spell components and scrolls and repurchased from the Royal City mages, so not a pre-patch components issue. Yes I am a full paying player, actually on my old account even on Napa Valley. Any suggestions would be helpful. No one else appears to be on the shard when I am, so no one to ask about things.
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Next, unraveling can be a bit odd. If the item you're trying to unravel would produce Enchanted Essence, then you won't be able to unravel it until 45 skill. Even if the item is a minor magic item, if it has a property that would produce Enchanted Essence when unraveled, you'll need 45 skill.
Here are a couple of pages for unraveling help:
https://uo.com/wiki/ultima-online-wiki/skills/imbuing/#unravel
https://www.uoguide.com/Imbuing
I have been told that Item Id skill can help in determining what something will unravel to, but haven't checked it myself.
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For Inscription, all this is just from memory so possibly incorrect, but you'll need both the Inscription skill at the appropriate level and the skill for the spell school you are trying to inscribe at the appropriate level, in this case Mysticism. It sounds like you have both.
The components should(?) be a Scribe's Pen, blank scrolls, the appropriate reagents, and a Mysticism spellbook with the spell you're trying to write. You cannot write a spell unless you already have it in your book. Depending on the Mysticism Skill the reagents might include Demon Bone, which I don't believe you can purchase(?), but have to loot from monsters.
Sounds to me like you're either missing the spell you're trying to write from your Mysticism book, or you don't have Demon Bone. Just a guess on my part though.
Welcome back to UO and Good Luck!