Eavesdrop

This skill governs your ability to be nosy, for fun or for profit. Equally the domain of housewives and spies, this skill allows you to pick up bits and pieces of overheard conversations, be it at the next table over at the canteen, or with your ear pressed up against the local noble's bedchamber.

Usage                           What it does
eavesdrop                       Flips your ear on or off
eavesdrop on / eavesdrop off    Sets it explicitly

This command is on by default, but you might want to turn it off in busy areas with lots of different groups at different tables to spare spam. Depending on how skilled you are, and how difficult the scenario, you will get more or less snatches of conversation from your victims.

Eavesdrop also assists with hearing Yells. Someone with sharp ears can make out more of distant yells.

Eavesdrop trains as you overhear things, with softer whispers and more distant yells training to higher levels.