Mercantile

Skill mastery level information:
The gold received by a Novice for goods is reduced because of wear.

Skill mastery level information:
An Apprentice no longer has prices reduced due to wear.

Skill mastery level text:
Negotiation, bargaining, dickering, haggling, they're all a means to an end... getting the best price for your goods. You are now an Apprentice of Mercantile. The damaged condition of an item is no longer a factor when you sell it.

Skill mastery level information:
A Journeyman can sell any goods to any vendor and vendors allow you to buy all items. This "unlocks" a few unique items carried by merchants who don't otherwise sell items of their type.

Skill mastery level text:
Negotiation, bargaining, dickering, haggling, they're all a means to an end... getting the best price for your goods. You are now a Journeyman of Mercantile. You can buy and sell any object to any vendor, even if they normally do not deal in that type of wares.

Skill mastery level information:
An Expert can invest money in a shop to permanently increase the shop's available gold by 500.

Skill mastery level text:
Negotiation, bargaining, dickering, haggling, they're all a means to an end... getting the best price for your goods. You are now an Expert of Mercantile. You can now invest in a shop. Give the merchant money to permanently increase his shop's available gold by 500.

Skill mastery level information:
For a Master all shops in the world have 500 more gold for barter (this is independent of investing in a shop). All transactions with shopkeepers can be done at a 100/100 ratio.

Skill mastery level text:
Negotiation, bargaining, dickering, haggling, they're all a means to an end... getting the best price for your goods. You are now a Master of Mercantile. All shops in the world now have 500 more gold available for barter.