The Drunken Lizard Pub

I'm playing on a G4 Mac in 10.4.11 using control click as the right mouse button.
When I try to use Lore on an object, specifically either Auricflax or Ectoplasm, the item is not identified; but Alchemy opens and it is placed in one of the reagent windows, where it is usable even though still unidentified.
any thoughts?

Well, I reported this as a bug about a month ago. Such a behaviour (unidentified reagents used in production of identified potions) was already present in Book I; I hope it will be fixed.

A different point is that you don't "use" the Lore skill; simply, the game checks if your Lore is high enough and determines whether you know what the given item is. It's a "passive" skill. On the other hand, the spell "Lore" is a different matter - you cast, after readying it, with a right-click on the identified item.

Right, sorry: I meant Lore Spell. And when I switched to a mouse, the problem went away.

jwrickert wrote:Right, sorry: I meant Lore Spell. And when I switched to a mouse, the problem went away.

Without a Mouse, you have to Control-click an item on a Mac when the Lore spell is activated to ID it. And the item will only be ID'ed if the Lore spell is cast at a high enough Level.

Oh, if you mean the spell: there's another bug in the game which opens the alchemy window instead of casting Lore after a right-click (with the Lore spell readied). It happened to me twice. Saving and reloading the game helped in both cases.

Make sure you check that you have enough mana available to cast the spell... I did that a few times... 0_o