Examining items

[Aterlom]

Greetings, and sorry about my poor english.

My question is: When i examine a item, a arrow appear at the left of the description. It have any utility?.
There is any way to know who many damage do a weapon (example a axe do 1-8) in the game or only trying it will know? And the armor? Who i can know what is the AC (Armor class, a term of AD&D) of my champions?.

Thanks a lot.

[Lunever]

There is no way except trying out and guessing. Usually armor is the better the heavier it is. The most important thing with weapons is the options they have. What option does more or less damage, has how much a chance to hit and how good a defence is hinted at int the DM-Hint-Book available at this site at http://dmweb.free.fr/DMAdventurersHandbook.htm