This new, or a bug in the skin skill for the scouts? Each cape I've found lying around is a backpack from the skin of something, yet when you look at it it's not a backpack but a skin.
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Obvious exits: n e s w nw ne sw se
A roughly cut cape made of skin is here.
A very large deer is standing here, looking about for scraps of vegetation.
[HP: 11%] [ME: 78%] [PE: 64%] [Wealth: zero]
inv
You are carrying:
Nothing.
[HP: 11%] [ME: 78%] [PE: 64%] [Wealth: zero]
get skin
You get a backpack made from the skin of a gnome.
[HP: 11%] [ME: 78%] [PE: 64%] [Wealth: zero]
inv
You are carrying:
a backpack made from the skin of a gnome (brand new)
[HP: 11%] [ME: 78%] [PE: 64%] [Wealth: zero]
l in back
You do not see that here.
[HP: 11%] [ME: 78%] [PE: 64%] [Wealth: zero]
l skin
A roughly cut cape made of skin is here.
The skin is made of flesh and size small.
[HP: 11%] [ME: 78%] [PE: 64%] [Wealth: zero]