Crafting
Crafting
Crafting is the art of refining, cleaning, and shaping mundane materials – cloth, stone and metal, wood, glass or gemstones – into useful forms. Skilled crafters can make items of greater quality or special properties, or temporarily improve or enhance normal objects. Crafting is also ideal for preparing items or materials to receive magic, via Invocation, Ritual Magic or other forms of investment.
There are three main general crafting skills, each of which paves the way for two or more specialised archetype skills.
Mundane Cosmology
Crafting, Alchemy and Surgery aren’t exactly like real-world science or engineering. The world of Renewal is a magical one, and while the creator’s mechanical actions – cutting and moulding, sewing and staining, smelting and grinding – directly shape the objects of their work, it’s ultimately the creator’s will and intent that changes their underlying pattern. That is, both the physical act and the will of the creator are essential.
And since all things are made of magic, what mundane work does, in the end, is move magic around: crafting tends to strip magic out to clear impurities; alchemy tends to concentrate magic to enhance its properties; and surgery does neither – since magic constantly flows through the body – but blocks, dams or redirects magic to change the body’s functioning.
This tends to affect how the products of mundane work interact with magical skills. Crafted objects, being low in magic, are eminently suited to receiving magical investment, while it is notoriously dangerous to try to add more magic to already magically-dense alchemical brews.
Artisan
A character with Artisan skill can refine bone, cloth, glass, leather, paper, stone or wood from the relevant raw materials. They can also craft any superior quality items other than weapons, armour, jewellery and mechanisms, per the tables at the end of this chapter, or identify any item made with this skill or any of the below skills.
Artisan is a prerequisite for the following archetype skills:
- Carpenter: A carpenter can craft mastercrafted items from wood.
- Glassblower: A glassblower can craft mastercrafted items from glass.
- Papermaker: A papermaker can craft mastercrafted items from paper. This skill is also the prerequisite for the skill Printer, which allows them to make and operate printing presses.
- Potter: A potter can craft mastercrafted items from clay.
- Tailor: A tailor can craft mastercrafted items from wood.
- Tanner: A tanner can mastercrafted items from leather and fur.
A character with three of the above specialisms can also learn the skill Jury Rig, which draws on the breadth of their knowledge to improvise structures and simple devices in the field.
Blacksmith
A character with Blacksmith skill can refine metal, wood or leather from the relevant raw materials. They can craft any superior quality weapons or armour, or most items made from base metal, per the tables at the end of this chapter, or identify any item made with this skill or any of the below skills.
Blacksmith is a prerequisite for the following archetype skills:
- Weaponsmith: A weapons, can craft mastercrafted weapons. This skill is also the prerequisite for the skill Metallurgist, which allows them to craft weapons out of silver alloy.
Jeweller
A character with the Jeweller skill can refine copper, silver and gold from the relevant ores. They can craft any superior quality jewellery and mechanisms, or identify any item made with this skill or any of the below skills.
Jeweller is a prerequisite for the following archetype skills:
- Gemcutter: A gemcutter can cut gems to make them more magically accessible and increase their value. This skill is also the prerequisite of the skill Gem Cleansing, which allows them to polish gems to focus and enrich their magics.
- Goldsmith: A goldsmith can craft mastercrafted jewellery.
- Locksmith: A locksmith can craft mastercrafted locks. This skill is also the prerequisite for the skill Mechanician, which allows them to craft mechanical traps and other mechanisms.
Identifying Crafted Items
Any crafter can, after a few seconds’ handling and examination, identify crafted items as follows:
If the crafter knows how to make the item, they recognise exactly what it is, including its quality, the materials and work units required to make it, and any specific mechanical effects it has.
If they don’t know how to make the item, but it lies within their skill tree (e.g. a character with the Artisan skill examining an item that requires the Carpenter skill to make), they can identify its quality, and a brief summary of its effects.
| Example:
Torja the Mighty, a blacksmith specialising in weaponsmithing, is examining a suit of mastercrafted armour hardened to resist the call Through three times per day. She knows it’s mastercrafted, and that it has been reinforced in some way, but not the specific mechanical effects. |
Any crafter examining a signature item made with any skill within their skill tree can recognise the crafter’s distinctive style.
Workshops
Any use of crafting skills that expends work units or study units, including creation, alteration, repair or research, requires the use of a suitably equipped workshop.
As with all equipment, a standard quality workshop has no in-character cost; all that’s needed is a physical representation. Higher-quality workshops must be bought or made in play and provided with item cards. Research specifically requires a superior or higher quality workshop.
There are three standard types of workshop, corresponding to the general skills required to use them: an Artisan’s Workshop, a Blacksmith’s Forge, or a Jeweller’s Bench.
Although consisting of several parts, a workshop is treated as a single item in game; a higher quality workshop receives a single item card to track its existence, which must be attached to the work surface (table, bench etc.).
Note: All the rules in this section apply to an Alchemist’s Laboratory or a Surgeon’s Bed as well.
Representing a Workshop
At minimum, a phys rep of a workshop must consist of a surface to work on – a table, bench or bed, or even a roll-up mat or blanket – and at least three appropriate tools or fixtures, as follows:
- Artisan’s Workshop: Tools and fixtures for a workshop vary hugely depending on the materials the crafter is working on, including chisels, hammers, saws and files, lathes and vices, potter’s wheels, crucibles and blow irons, needles and thread, looms, frames and shuttles.
- Blacksmith’s Forge: Tools and fixtures for a forge include hammers, tongs, files and anvils, crucibles and moulds, and furnace and bellows.
- Jeweller’s Bench: Tools and fixtures for a Jeweller’s bench include hammers, pliers, vices and dowels, crucibles and moulds and Jeweller’s loupes.
Tools do not necessarily have to be constructed to the same standards as LARP weapons, but should be safe and suitable for use in play, e.g. sharp scalpels, saws or needles must only ever be used in camp, at the creator’s workshop, and away from areas where fighting is likely to occur.
Very enthusiastic players may wish to bring phys reps that incorporate real fire, moving water, smoke or other practical effects. Anything along these lines must be submitted to the player’s faction command and members of the event team to ensure they are safe and that suitable precautions (including e.g. access to fire extinguishers) are being taken, and must never be left unattended.
Note: The intent is to promote an engaging and immersive experience, not to present an insurmountable barrier! As with all phys reps, any sincere effort will be accommodated, and other players and staff may be able to lend props or give advice on how to source them.
Workshop Quality
Like all equipment, workshops vary in quality. A higher-quality workshop can be configured by its owner, optimising it for their creative method. A configured workshop grants the crafter who has configured it (only) bonuses for certain actions. Other characters can use the workshop (i.e. can make use of the phys rep), but gain no benefits from the configuration unless and until they reconfigure it for themselves.
To configure a new workshop, the owner must register it with a crafting referee, and then spend a day using it without any benefit (as they work out how to arrange it best, etc.). The benefits come into effect the next day.
- Standard: As with all standard equipment, a standard workshop is un-carded and has no in character cost; the player need only provide suitable props to represent it.
- Superior: A superior workshop allows research. It may be configured by its owner to a specific specialism (e.g. the Armourer or Carpenter skills). This grants the owner 3 bonus Work Units per day, which must be used for tasks governed by that specialism; and reduces study units targets for research involving that specialism.
- Mastercrafted: A mastercrafted workshop may be configured by its owner to a specific specialism, as above, granting 6 bonus work units for tasks governed by that specialism and reducing study units targets for research involving that specialism.
With research, a Crafter may learn to configure a workshop in ways other than by specialism, e.g. for efficiency (granting a bonuses to all lower-work unit tasks), precision (granting a bonus to all higher-work unit tasks), or research (granting a higher research bonus but no work unit bonus).
A damaged or broken workshop becomes unconfigured; once repaired, it will need to be configured again as though new.
Reconfiguring a Workshop
A workshop can be reconfigured by its owner, changing the specialism for which it grants its benefits; in the same way, a stolen workshop can be reconfigured by its new owner to benefit them. In both cases, this requires the owner (or new owner) to register the change with a crafting referee and use the workshop for a day without benefit, as above.
Note: The new owner of a stolen workshop cannot start reconfiguring it until the day after stealing it.
Transporting a Workshop
Transporting a workshop (e.g. to steal it) does not require any special skills or numbers of people; as long as the players carrying the workshop can physically move it, they can move it in character.
Note: Transporting a workshop requires transporting the table, bench or mat and at least three tools or fixtures, although it is permissible to pack it up or carry it in parts.
Making a Workshop
Any Crafter can make their own higher-quality workshop, at a cost in materials and work units.
| Item | Skill | Costs | Work Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Artisan’s workshop | Artisan | 2 wood (O), 2 metal (H), 5 metal (O), 7 Charcoal | 20 |
| Mastercrafted Artisan's workshop | Carpenter, Glassblower, Mason, Papermaker, Potter, Tailor or Tanner | 2 wood (O), 9 metal (H), 9 charcoal | 40 |
| Superior Blacksmith’s forge | Blacksmith | 2 wood (O), 2 metal (H), 5 metal (O), 7 charcoal | 20 |
| Mastercrafted Blacksmith’s forge | Armourer or Weaponsmith | 2 wood (O). 2 metal (H), 9 charcoal | 40 |
| Superior Jeweller’s bench | Jeweller | 2 wood (O), 2 metal (H), 3 metal (O), 2 glass (O), 5 charcoal, 2 sand | 20 |
| Mastercrafted Jeweller’s bench | Gemcutter, Goldsmith or Locksmith | 2 wood (O), 6 metal (H), 3 glass (O), 2 glass (H), 6 charcoal, 3 sand | 40 |
Note: All designs using charcoal yield 1 unit of ash as a byproduct, and all designs using metal yield one unit of powdered metal.
Tools
By default, a crafter’s tools don’t receive separate item cards from their workshop; in game terms, the tools are part of the workshop. That said, some of a crafter’s actions can be performed away from their workshop, e.g. a Blacksmith can repair armour in the field with an armour staple, or an artisan can use the Jury Rig skill to improvise a device; this requires some phys reps of suitable tools, which need not be carded.
A Creator may make an individual high-quality tool, if wished (e.g. so that the tool can be enchanted). By default, this has no mechanical effect when using a workshop.
Crafting Materials
Crafting makes use of a range of materials available in the Renewal campaign: stone, wood, metal, leather and other workable substances suitable for shaping as required.
There are two main types of materials in the game: raw materials, which can be gathered in the wild in play; and finished materials, which may be created in game through various skills, or produced as a byproduct of other processes.
All materials can also be received via the Resources skill, bought from traders, received as a reward in plot or otherwise acquired in play.
Raw Materials
Raw materials can be gathered in play using the Foraging and Gathering skills.
A list of standard raw materials follow. Others exist, but may be harder to source, or require specific in character actions such as harvesting the bodies of fallen foes.
Crafters can refine these materials in various ways, creating finished materials; some designs for doing so are listed in the next section below.
Rarity
A resource’s rarity is a measure of how common it is. Standard creation materials come in four degrees of rarity: very common (VC), common (C), uncommon (UC) or rare (R).
Rarity serves as a general indicator of value; as a very rough guide, very common resources are worth around 1 copper coin each, common resources around 1 silver coin each, uncommon resources around 3-4 silver coins each, and rare resources around 9-12 silver coins.
Common Materials
| Material | Rarity | Material | Rarity | Material | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Materials | Rarity | Common Materials | Rarity | ||
| Chalk | VC | Ore | VC | ||
| Clay | VC | Rock | VC | ||
| Fleece | VC | Sand | VC | ||
| Hide | VC | Timber | VC |
Metal Ores
| Material | Rarity | Material | Rarity | Material | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metal Ores | Rarity | ||||
| Cold Iron | VC | ||||
| Copper Ore | R | ||||
| Gold Ore | C | ||||
| Silver Ore | C |
Gems
| Material | Rarity | Material | Rarity | Material | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Materials | Rarity | Common Materials | Rarity | ||
| Agate | U | Carnelian | U | Jet | U |
| Amber | U | Garnet | U | Moonstone | U |
| Amethyst | U | Gypsum | U | Opal | U |
| Beryl | U | Hematite | U | Peridot | U |
| Bloodstone | U | Jade | U | Topaz | U |
Finished Materials
The following finished materials can be created from various raw materials. The required skills, materials and cost in work units vary, and are listed below.
| Material | Rarity | Skill | Costs | Work unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bone (O) | C | Artisan | 1 body part, 1 sand | 1 |
| Bone (H) | U | Artisan | 3 body part, 1 sand | 3 |
| Copper metal | U | Blacksmith, Jeweller | 1 copper ore, 1 charcoal | 3 |
| Cloth (O) | C | Artisan | 1 fleece, 1 fluid | 1 |
| Cloth (H) | U | Artisan | 1 fleece, 1 fluid | 3 |
| Glass (O) | C | Artisan, Jeweller | 1 sand, 1 charcoal | 1 |
| Glass (H) | U | Artisan, Jeweller | 3 sand, 1 charcoal | 3 |
| Gold metal | U | Blacksmith, Jeweller | 1 gold ore, 1 charcoal | 3 |
| Leather (O) | C | Artisan, Blacksmith | 1 hide, 1 cream | 1 |
| Leather (H) | U | Artisan, Blacksmith | 3 hide, 1 cream | 3 |
| Metal (O) | C | Blacksmith | 1 ore, 1 charcoal | 1 |
| Metal (H) | U | Blacksmith | 3 ore, 1 charcoal | 3 |
| Paper (O) | C | Artisan | 1 timber, 1 fluid | 1 |
| Paper (H) | U | Artisan | 3 timber, 1 fluid | 3 |
| Silver metal | U | Blacksmith, Jeweller | 1 silver ore, 1 charcoal | 3 |
| Stone (O) | C | Artisan | 1 rock, 1 sand | 1 |
| Stone (H) | U | Artisan | 3 rock, 1 sand | 3 |
| Wood (O) | C | Artisan, Blacksmith | 1 timber, 1 fluid | 1 |
| Wood (H) | U | Artisan, Blacksmith | 3 timber, 1 fluid | 3 |
Gemstones
Jewellers can refine gems in two ways. When gathered in the wild, gems start out cloudy, with a mix of colours, and are uncut, with no facets. The Gemcutter skill allows the Jeweller to cut stones, which makes them useful for certain magical tasks; and the Gem Cleansing skill allows them to polish them, which simplifies and aligns the magics within them.
Passive Materials
Already largely stripped of magic, passive materials have use to both crafters and alchemists – blacksmiths burn charcoal to melt metal, tanners use cream to make leather, alchemists use fluid or oil as a base for their potions.
| Material | Rarity | Skill | Costs | Work units |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ash (3 units) | VC | Artisan, Blacksmith | 1 charcoal or 1 timber | 1 |
| Charcoal (3 units) | VC | Artisan, Blacksmith | 1 timber | 1 |
| Ink (3 units) | VC | Alchemist, Artisan | 1 charcoal | 1 |
| Powdered bone (3 units) | VC | Artisan | 1 bone | 1 |
| Powdered dye (3 units) | VC | Alchemist, Artisan | 1 herb | 1 |
| Powdered gemstone (3 units) | C | Jeweller | 1 gem | 1 |
| Powdered metal (3 units) | VC | Blacksmith | 1 metal | 1 |
Note: Any herb can be used; this has no mechanical effect unless specified otherwise.
Making Crafted Items
A crafter may make any of the standard items known to them per their skills, or any unique designs they have learned through research or teaching. If a crafter wishes to produce a common item not listed in these rules, they may usually do so without special research; discuss with a crafting referee.
Every design has a cost in work units and materials.
Work Units
Most Creator skills grant a number of Work Units, required to create or alter anything: a character with one skill that uses Work Units has a base of 10 points per day; someone with two skills has 15 points, and with three or more skills, 20 points per day. Characters with the creator archetype can purchase up to 10 additional work units, for a total maximum of 30 per day.
Work Units represent the creator’s capacity to concentrate and exert themselves every day. Higher quality workplaces grant more work units, and some other routes may exist in play to improve a creator’s output.
Unlike magic points, the player does not need any visible way of tracking these points; all Work Units must be spent at the character’s workplace, and are logged and tracked by the referee dispensing the relevant cards.
Roleplaying and Logging Work
To craft on any day, the player must engage in at least 30 minutes’ suitable roleplay at their workshop either all at once or spread out over several tasks through the day. Roleplay includes using their phys reps to mime cutting, sewing, grinding, polishing, melting etc. as appropriate to their craft.
They must then log their work with a referee, who will confirm that the character knows how to craft the items (checking design cards, if relevant), confirm any benefit they get from using a configured workshop, collect the resources consumed, and note how many work units the crafter is using.
A Crafter may produce an item over more than one day to spread the cost, handing over all required resources when they start working; they don’t need to finish one item before starting the next, but can have up to three projects in progress at a time. If they wish to start work on a fourth projects, they must either complete one of their open items or abandon one, losing any work units and materials expended so far.
Completing the Design
Once the Crafter has accumulated enough work units to complete the project, the referee will confirm any features or signature style the crafter wishes to add to the item and then issue an item card for the item. Every crafted item must be represented by a suitable phys rep, to which the card must be attached.
Note: All items expire eventually. An expired item may be “restored” at the same cost in materials and work units as it takes to make it, allowing a character to treat the item as existing continuously for roleplaying purposes.
Features and Details
Generally, purely cosmetic details of a crafted item needn’t be noted on the item card; but if the crafter wishes (e.g. if it is important for plot purposes), they may stipulate an item’s appearance, colour or other details, which will be recorded on the item card. Any crafter may add a “maker’s mark” to an item at this time, to show it is their work, although note that such a mark can be imitated by others.
Very skilled Crafters can learn to make signature items, crafted in highly distinctive style that is unique to them, and which can be readily recognised by characters with the Merchant skill, even without a maker’s mark. A Crafter’s signature style cannot usually be imitated by another crafter. This ability must be researched.
Repairing Crafted Items
Any Crafter can repair any damaged or broken item they already know how to make.
- Damaged: Repairing a damaged item is trivial; the crafter can restore it in their workshop with about 2 minutes’ roleplayed effort (retying straps, welding cracks or knocking out dents etc.), at no cost in work units or materials. If for some reason a damaged item must be repaired perfectly, leaving no sign of the damage, this generally costs 1 work unit and 1 unit of an appropriate resource.
- Broken: Repairing a broken item (e.g. burned, partially melted or heavily rusted) requires substantially recrafting it, at some proportion of the work units and materials needed to make it, depending on how badly broken it is (minimum 25%, rounded up).
Repairing an object made up of many easily removable parts (e.g. a workshop) may take longer, and additionally require work units from someone skilled in its use, to assemble and identify components; a referee can give guidance on requirements.
Note: It is not possible to repair a destroyed item.
Field Repair
While the above rules apply to repairing any crafted item in a workshop, Blacksmiths can quickly repair battle-damaged armour in the field, using a phys rep of smithing tools and consuming Armour Staples. Repairing the armour on one location takes 15 seconds and consumes 1 armour staple, while repairing a whole suit of armour takes 30 seconds and consumes 3 armour staples.
Apprentices
A Crafter can work with the aid of an apprentice, a junior crafter aiding them in their efforts. The apprentice must at least know the relevant general skill (Artisan, Blacksmith or Jeweller) for the project, but does not need to know the design for the project – or the Archetype skill, if any, the project is based on. The apprentice does not need their own workshop.
For every two work units contributed by the apprentice, one work unit is added to the crafter’s total for completing the design. The apprentice cannot contribute more work units (after halving) than the crafter.
| Example:
Tythus Garmaul is working on a suit of mastercrafted heavy armour, assisted by his apprentice Genevieve Beauchamps. Tythus has the skill Armourer, and Genevieve has the skill Blacksmith. They are working on Tythus’s superior forge, which is configured to armourer designs. Tythus spends 15 work units on the suit for the day. Genevieve spends 16 work units, which adds 8 work units to Tythus’s total, for a total of 23 work units for the day. |
A Crafter cannot benefit from more than one apprentice on any day, although they can work on multiple designs in that day.
Crafting Designs
The following designs are known to crafters with the relevant skills.
- Armour: High quality armour may be enchanted or otherwise magically invested, and allows a warrior to use skills such as Armoured Caster, Sturdy Shield or Through Defence more often.
Below costs are per location. For costs for a full suit, multiply by six.
Light Armour
| Items | Skill | Costs | Work units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Padded Cloth | Artisan, Blacksmith | 1 cloth (O) | 2 |
| Mastercrafted Padded Cloth | Armourer, Tailor | 2 cloth (O) | 4 |
| Superior Hide | Artisan, Blacksmith | 3 hide | 3 |
| Mastercrafted Hide | Armourer, Tanner | 6 hide | 6 |
| Superior Leather | Artisan, Blacksmith | 1 leather (O), 1 oil | 3 |
| Mastercrafted Leather | Armourer, Tanner | 2 leather (O), 2 oil | 6 |
Medium Armour
| Items | Skill | Costs | Work units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Layered Leather | Blacksmith | 2 leather (O), 2 oil | 4 |
| Mastercrafted Layered Leather | Armourer | 4 leather (O), 4 oil | 8 |
| Superior Studded Cloth | Blacksmith | 1 cloth (O), 1 metal (O), 1 charcoal | 4 |
| Mastercrafted Studded Cloth | Armourer | 2 cloth (O), 1 metal (O), 1 charcoal | 8 |
| Superior Studded Leather | Blacksmith | 1 leather (O), 1 leather (O), 1 metal (O), 1 charcoal | 4 |
| Mastercrafted Studded Leather | Armourer | 2 leather (O), 1 metal (O), 1 charcoal | 8 |
Heavy Armour
| Items | Skill | Costs | Work units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Chain or Ring | Blacksmith | 2 metal (O), 2 charcoal | 5 |
| Mastercrafted Chain or Ring | Armourer | 1 metal (H), 1 metal (O), 2 charcoal | 10 |
| Superior Plate | Blacksmith | 1 metal (H), 1 metal (O), 2 charcoal | 6 |
| Mastercrafted Plate | Armourer | 2 metal (H), 2 charcoal | 12 |
Shields
| Items | Skill | Costs | Work units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Metal Shield | Blacksmith | 2 metal (O), 2 charcoal | 5 |
| Mastercrafted Metal Shield | Armourer | 4 metal (O), 4 charcoal | 10 |
| Superior Wooden Shield | Artisan, Blacksmith | 2 wood (O), 2 oil | 5 |
| Mastercrafted Wooden Shield | Armourer, Carpenter | 4 wood (O), 4 oil | 10 |
Notes:
- Studded Armour includes incorporating small plates, rinks or other pieces of metal.
- In addition, plate armour requires leather for straps etc. One unit of leather(O) is sufficient for up to six locations.
- All designs using charcoal yield 1 unit of ash as a byproduct and all designs using metal yield one unit of powdered metal.
Ornate Armour
Armour of any quality can be made ornate by various means: cloth can be dyed or embroidered, leather can be dyed or inlaid with precious metals, gilded links can be incorporated into chain. Plate can be especially elaborate, either inlaid with precious metals or covered in fine dyed cloth to make brigandine.
Add the below costs to the costs above. These costs are per location. For costs for a full suit, multiply by six.
| Items | Skill | Costs | Work units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ornate Padded Cloth | Artisan, Blacksmith | 3 powdered dye | 3 |
| Ornate Leather | Artisan, Blacksmith | 1 jewellery metal, 1 charcoal | 4 |
| Ornate Chain or Ring | Blacksmith | 1 jewellery metal, 1 charcoal | 5 |
| Ornate Plate | Blacksmith | 1 jewellery metal, 1 charcoal | 6 |
| Ornate Brigandine Plate | Blacksmith | 1 cloth (H), 1 powdered dye | 8 |
| Ornate Metal Shield | Blacksmith | 1 jewellery metal, 1 charcoal | 4 |
| Ornate Wooden Shield | Artisan, Blacksmith | 1 jewellery metal, 1 charcoal | 4 |
Note: Jewellery metal can be copper, silver or gold
Hardened Armour
Hardened armour is fashioned from tightly linked rings, closely overlapping layers of leather, reinforced plates etc., to prevent it being penetrated by sharpened weapons or skilled attacks. Hardened armour takes one armour hit from an arrow, a crossbow bolt, or any mundane attack (i.e. not accompanied by the magical damage types Artefact, Corporeal, Elemental or Spiritual) calling Through as though it were a standard attack. Through attacks after the first hit bypass the armour as usual, until the armour is repaired.
This benefit stacks with the skill Through Defence; using the skill doesn’t use the armour’s own benefit.
| Items | Skill | Costs | Work units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardened Layered Leather | Hardening | 4 leather (H), 4 oil | 16 |
| Hardened Studded Cloth | Hardening | 2 cloth (H), 1 metal (H), 1 charcoal | 16 |
| Hardened Studded Leather | Hardening | 2 leather (H), 1 metal (H), 1 charcoal | 16 |
| Hardened Chain or Ring | Hardening | 3 metal (H), 3 charcoal | 18 |
| Hardened Plate | Hardening | 4 metal (H), 4 charcoal | 20 |
Hardened armour is also automatically mastercrafted. With research, a [[Blacksmith}} with the Hardening skill can research improved designs that resist multiple (or all) Through blows.
Armour Staples
Any Blacksmith can craft three Armour Staples at a cost of 1 metal (O), 1 charcoal and 3 work units. Using a phys rep of relevant tools, a blacksmith can consume staples to repair armour quickly in the field.
Clothing
High quality clothing may be enchanted or otherwise magically invested; a high quality cloak allows a scout to use the skills Chameleon and Move in Cover more often.
The below is representative and broadly reflects the amount of the body covered. For clothing not listed here, use the nearest equivalent item.
Small Items
| Items | Skill | Costs | Work units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Boots | Artisan | 2 leather (O), 2 oil | 4 |
| Mastercrafted Boots | Tanner | 2 leather (H), 2 oil | 8 |
| Superior Gloves | Artisan | 1 cloth (H) nor 1 leather (H), 2 oil | 4 |
| Mastercrafted gloves | Tailor, Tanner | 2 cloth (H) or 2 leather (H), 2 oil | 8 |
| Superior Hat | Artisan | 1 cloth (O), 1 fluid or 1 leather (O), 1 oil | 3 |
| Mastercrafted Hat | Tailor, Tanner | 1 cloth (H), 1 fluid or 1 leather (H), 1 oil | 6 |
| Superior Mask or Headband | Artisan | 1 leather (O), 1 oil | 2 |
| Mastercrafted Mask or Headband | Tanner | 1 leather (O), 1 oil | 4 |
| Superior Sash | Artisan | 1 cloth (O) | 1 |
| Mastercrafted Sash | Tailor | 1 cloth (H) | 2 |
| Superior Shoes | Artisan | 2 leather (O), 2 oil | 3 |
| Mastercrafted Shoes | Tanner | 2 leather (H), 2 oil | 6 |
Large Items
| Items | Skill | Costs | Work units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Cloak | Artisan | 2 cloth (O) or 2 leather (O), 2 oil | 4 |
| Mastercrafted Cloak | Tailor, Tanner | 2 cloth (H) or 2 leather (H), 2 oil | 8 |
| Superior Dress | Artisan | 2 cloth (O) | 4 |
| Mastercrafted Dress | Tailor | 2 cloth (H) | 8 |
| Superior Robes | Artisan | 3 cloth (O) | 8 |
| Mastercrafted Robes | Tailor | 3 cloth (H) | 16 |
| Superior Shirt | Artisan | 2 cloth (O) | 4 |
| Mastercrafted Shirt | Tailor | 2 cloth (H) | 8 |
| Superior Trousers | Artisan | 2 cloth (O) | 4 |
| Mastercrafted Trousers | Tailor | 2 cloth (H) | 8 |
Ornate Clothing
Clothing of any quality can be made ornate by dyeing or embroidering, adding precious metal thread or incorporating glass or gems.
Add the below costs to the costs of small items, above, or double the below cost to large items.
| Items | Skill | Costs | Work units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dyed or embroidered | Artisan | 3 powdered dye | 3 |
| Precious metal thread | Artisan | 1 jewellery metal, 1 charcoal | 4 |
| Glass or gems | Artisan | 1 glass (H) or 3 gems | 5 |
Note: Metals can be copper, silver or gold
Common Items
High quality clothing may be enchanted or otherwise magically invested.
The below list is representative and broadly reflects the most common materials from which items are made. Most of these items can be made using alternative materials and skills, e.g. a Glassblower could fashion a mastercrafted glass bowl with 1 glass (H) and 2 work units. Speak to a crafting referee to confirm.
| Items | Skill | Costs | Work units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Backpack | Artisan | 2 leather (O), 2 oil | 4 |
| Mastercrafted Backpack | Tanner | 1 leather (H), 1 leather (O), 2 oil | 8 |
| Superior Bowl or Plate | Artisan | 3 clay, 1 charcoal or 1 wood (H), 1 oil | 1 |
| Mastercrafted Bowl or Plate | Carpenter, Potter | 6 clay, 2 charcoal or 1 wood (H), 1 oil | 2 |
| Superior Box or Chest | Artisan, Blacksmith | 2 wood (O), 1 metal (O), 2 oil, 1 charcoal | 4 |
| Mastercrafted Box or Chest | Armourer, Carpenter | 2 wood (O), 1 metal (H), 2 oil, 1 charcoal | 8 |
| Candle (for 3) | Artisan | 1 wax | 1 |
| Superior Candle Holder | Artisan, Jeweller | 3 clay, 1 charcoal or 1 silver metal, 1 charcoal | 2 |
| Mastercrafted Candle Holder | Goldsmith, Potter | 3 clay, 1 charcoal or 1 silver metal, 1 charcoal | 6 |
| Superior Chair or Throne | Artisan | 4 wood (O), 4 oil or 4 stone (O), 4 sand | 5 |
| Mastercrafted Chair or Throne | Carpenter, Mason | 2 wood (H), 2 wood (O), 4 oil or 2 stone (H) 2 stone (O), 4 sand | 10 |
| Superior Cup | Artisan | 3 clay, 1 charcoal | 1 |
| Mastercrafted Cup | Potter | 6 clay, 2 charcoal | 2 |
| Superior Doll | Artisan | 1 cloth (O) | 3 |
| Mastercrafted Doll | Tailor | 1 cloth (H) | 6 |
| Superior Drinking Horn | Artisan | 1 bone (O), 1 sand | 2 |
| Mastercrafted Drinking Horn | Tanner | 1 bone (H), 1 sand | 4 |
| Superior Glass Vial | Artisan | 1 glass (O) | 2 |
| Mastercrafted Glass Vial | Glassblower | 3 clay, 1 charcoal or 1 jewellery metal, 1 charcoal | 4 |
| Superior Goblet | Artisan, Jeweller | 3 clay, 2 charcoal or 2 jewellery metal, 2 charcoal | 2 |
| Mastercrafted Goblet | Goldsmith, Potter | 6 clay, 2 charcoal or 2 jeweller metal, 2 charcoal | 4 |
| Superior Hourglass | Artisan | 1 wood (O), 1 glass (O), 1 oil, 1 charcoal | 5 |
| Mastercrafted Hourglass | Glassblower | 1 wood (H), 1 glass (H), 1 oil, 1 charcoal | 10 |
| Superior Lantern | Artisan | 1 metal (O), 1 glass (O), 2 charcoal | 5 |
| Mastercrafted Lantern | Glassblower | 1 metal (H), 1 glass (H), 2 charcoal | 10 |
| Superior Manacles | Blacksmith | 2 metal (O), 2 charcoal | 4 |
| Mastercrafted Manacles | Armourer | 1 metal (H), 1 metal (O), 2 charcoal | 8 |
| Superior Mirror | Artisan | 1 silver metal (O), 1 glass (O), 1 charcoal | 6 |
| Mastercrafted Mirror | Glassblower | 1 silver metal (H), 1 glass (H), 1 charcoal | 12 |
| Superior Pen | Artisan | 1 wood (O), 1 oil | 2 |
| Mastercrafted Pen | Carpenter | 1 wood (H), 1 oil | 4 |
| Superior Scabbard | Artisan | 1 leather (O), 1 oil | 3 |
| Mastercrafted Scabbard | Tailor, Tanner | 1 leather (H), 1 oil | 6 |
| Superior Spectacles | Artisan, Jeweller | 1 metal (H), 1 glass (H), 1 charcoal | 6 |
| Mastercrafted Spectacles | Gemcutter | 1 metal (H), 2 gems, 1 charcoal | 10 |
| Superior Table | Artisan | 8 wood (O), 8 oil | 6 |
| Mastercrafted Table | Carpenter | 4 wood (H), 4 wood (O), 8 oil | 12 |
| Superior Thief's Tools | Jeweller | 2 metal (H), 2 charcoal | 8 |
| Mastercrafted Thief's Tools | Locksmith | 3 metal (H), 3 charcoal | 16 |
| Superior Toy | Artisan | 1 wood (O), 1 oil | 3 |
| Mastercrafted Toy | Carpenter | 1 wood (H), 1 oil | 6 |
| Superior Wax Seal | Jeweller | 1 silver metal, 1 charcoal | 2 |
| Mastercrafted Wax Seal | Goldsmith | 1 silver metal, 1 charcoal | 6 |
Note: All designs using charcoal yield 1 unit of ash as a byproduct, designs using bone yield 1 unit of powdered bone and designs using metal yield one unit of powdered metal.
Ornate Common Items
Common items of any quality can be made ornate by adding precious metal gilt or inlays, engraving the item, or incorporating glass or gems.
Add the below costs to the costs of all items except tables, chairs and thrones, above, or double the below cost to tables, chairs and thrones.
| Items | Skill | Costs | Work units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilt or Inlay | Artisan, Jeweller | 1 jewellery metal, 1 charcoal | 2 |
| Engraving | Artisan, Jeweller | N/A | 4 |
| Glass or gems | Artisan, Jeweller | 1 glass (H) or 3 gems | 3 |
Note: Metal can be copper, silver or gold
There’s No Price List!
Crafted items don’t have an official value in coin, since the market is ultimately set by players themselves. For some purposes (e.g. the Evaluate skill), every item has a cost to produce, reflecting the rough value of the materials and the work units to create something; and non player character traders will generally base prices on that value.
Gemstones
Gemstones start out cloudy and uncut, and can be finished in two ways: cutting a stone makes it more magically accessible, allowing it to be ritually enchanted or otherwise invested (the first cut is the equivalent of a superior-crafted item), while polishing simplifies the colour, making it more powerful in narrower ways.
| Items | Skill | Costs | Work units |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Cut | Gemcutter | 1 gem | 9 or 27 |
| First Polish | Gem Cleansing | 1 gem, 1 sand | 9 or 27 |
Note: Cutting a polished stone or polishing a cut stone requires 27 work units.
A cloudy gem lists three colours on the back of the card; when polishing, the Jeweller must specify which colour they are moving it towards. Cutting and polishing gems always carries a small risk of destroying the gemstone.
| Example:
Edgar of Oxford has dug up an amethyst, an uncut, cloudy purple stone which he knows is rich in spiritual and elemental magics. Over a number of days, he polishes it once, turning it into a spiritually-strong blue amethyst, then polishes it again to turn it into a pure sapphire, which he then cuts once, producing a first-cut sapphire. |
The Gemcutter and Gem Cleansing skills grant knowledge of the first cut and first polish only. Research can unlock finer cuts and deeper polishes, and reduce (but not eliminate) the risk of destroying the gem.
Note: Cutting a gem always yields one unit of powdered gemstone as a byproduct.
Jewellery
High quality jewellery may be enchanted or otherwise magically invested. Jewellery may be crafted with an inlay of amalgam to invest as an amulet.
| Items | Skill | Costs | Work units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Bracelet | Jeweller | 1 jewellery metal, 1 charcoal | 3 |
| Mastercrafted Bracelet | Goldsmith | 1 jewellery metal, 1 charcoal | 9 |
| Superior Brooch | Jeweller | 1 jewellery metal, 1 charcoal | 3 |
| Mastercrafted Brooch | Goldsmith | 1 jewellery metal, 1 charcoal | 9 |
| Superior Circlet or Torc | Jeweller | 2 jewellery metal, 2 charcoal | 4 |
| Mastercrafted Circlet or Torc | Goldsmith | 2 jewellery metal, 2 charcoal | 12 |
| Superior Crown or Tiara | Jeweller | 2 jewellery metal, 2 charcoal | 6 |
| Mastercrafted Crown or Tiara | Goldsmith | 2 jewellery metal, 2 charcoal | 18 |
| Superior Pendant or Necklace | Jeweller | 1 jewellery metal, 1 charcoal | 4 |
| Mastercrafted Pendant or Necklace | Goldsmith | 1 jewellery metal, 1 charcoal | 12 |
| Superior Ring or Earring | Jeweller | 1 jewellery metal, 1 charcoal | 3 |
| Mastercrafted Ring or Earring | Goldsmith | 1 jewellery metal, 1 charcoal | 9 |
Notes:
- Jewellery metal can be copper, silver or gold.
- All designs using charcoal yield 1 unit of ash as a byproduct.
Bejewelled Jewellery
Jewellery is already by definition ornate, but can be made more precious with the addition of glass jewels or gems. Add one unit of glass (H) or 1 or more gems to the above.
Magical Tools
High quality magical tools may be enchanted, bound as a path focus or otherwise magically invested.
| Items | Skill | Casts | Work units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Candle (for 3) | Artisan | 1 wax | 1 |
| Superior Censer | Jeweller | 1 silver metal, 1 charcoal | 4 |
| Mastercrafted Censer | Goldsmith | 2 gold metal, 2 charcoal | 8 |
| Superior Crystal Ball | Artisan | 2 glass (O), 2 sand | 4 |
| Mastercrafted Crystal Ball | Glassblower | 2 glass (H), 2 sand | 8 |
| Incense (for 3) | Artisan, Alchemist | 1 herb, 1 powder | 1 |
| Superior Rod | Artisan | 1 wood (O), 1 oil | 3 |
| Mastercrafted Rod | Carpenter | 1 wood (H), 1 oil | 6 |
Notes:
- Any herb can be used. This has no mechanical effect unless specified otherwise.
- All designs using charcoal yield 1 unit of ash as a byproduct.
Invocation Items
The below items are crafted to be magically invested via Invocation.
Charms
| Items | Skill | Casts | Work units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinket (for 3) | Any | 1 ordinary grade material | 3 |
| Sigil Stone | Artisan | 1 stone (O), 1 sand | 2 |
| Scroll Paper | Artisan | 1 paper (O), 1 fluid | 2 |
| Scroll Vellum | Papermaker | 1 leather (H), 1 fluid | 3 |
Charms are one-shot items: trinkets are simple tokens inscribed or stained with mundane ink and charged with the Invest Trinket rite; scrolls are sheets of paper or vellum written with a relevant magical ink and charged with the Invest Scroll rite; and sigil stones are stone or clay discs inscribed with mystical sigils in magical ink and charged with the Invest Stone rite.
Talismans
| Items | Skill | Casts | Work units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Less Amulet | Jeweller | per superior jewellery, plus 1 amalgam | |
| Greater Amulet | Goldsmith | per mastercrafted jewellery, plus 2 amalgam | |
| Brand | Weaponsmith | per mastercrafted weapon, plus 2 amalgam | |
| Lesser Wand | Artisan | 1 wood (H), 1 amalgam, 1 oil | 3 |
| Greater Wand | Carpenter | 1 wood (H), 2 amalgam, 1 oil | 9 |
Talismans are charged items, inlaid with an inscription in a relevant magical amalgam and invested with the Invest Talisman rite. Talismans must be crafted to at least superior quality to hold lesser spells, or mastercrafted quality to hold greater spells.
Mechanisms
High quality mechanisms may be enchanted or otherwise magically invested, and are harder for thieves to foil, per the Scoundrel and Device Proficiency skills.
| Items | Skill | Casts | Work units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Padlock | Jeweller | 1 metal (H), 1 charcoal | 8 |
| Mastercrafted Padlock | Locksmith | 1 metal (H), 1 charcoal | 16 |
| Small Superior Lock | Jeweller | 1 metal (H), 1 charcoal | 5 |
| Small Mastercrafted Lock | Locksmith | 1 metal (H), 1 charcoal | 10 |
| Large Superior Lock | Jeweller | 2 metal (H), 2 charcoal | 5 |
| Large Mastercrafted Lock | Locksmith | 2 metal (H), 2 charcoal | 10 |
| Superior Needle Trap | Mechanism | 1 metal (H), 1 charcoal | 10 |
| Mastercrafted Needle Trap | Mechanism | 1 metal (H), 1 charcoal | 20 |
Small locks are fitted to boxes and chests, while large locks are required for doors, gates etc. Padlocks can be moved between different places, but are more intricate and harder to make. Needle traps strike someone triggering them with a small needle, which inflicts no damage, but can be coated with any blade venom.
Note:' All designs using charcoal yield 1 unit of ash as a byproduct, and all designs using metal yield one unit of powdered metal.
Paper and Printing
High quality mechanisms may be enchanted or otherwise magically invested, and are harder for thieves to foil, per the Scoundrel and Device Proficiency skills.
| Items | Skill | Casts | Work units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Book | Artisan | 1 leather (O), 5 paper (O), 1 oil | 10 |
| Mastercrafted Book | Papermaker | 1 leather (H), 5 paper (H), 1 oil | 20 |
| Scroll Paper | Artisan | 1 paper (O), 1 fluid | 2 |
| Scroll Vellum | Papermaker | 1 paper (H), 1 fluid | 3 |
| Superior Printing Press | Printer | 2 wood (H), 1 stone (O), 1 leather (H), 1 metal (O), 2 oil, 1 sand, 1 charcoal | 12 |
| Superior Printing Plate | Printer | 1 stone (H), 1 sand | 2 |
Printing presses use standard block-and-plate hand printing to efficiently use ink to make copies of printed texts. One plate must be engraved for each page to be printed. There is always a chance of a printing press misprinting, wasting paper and ink; with research, printers can learn to reduce (but not eliminate) this chance.
Note: All designs using charcoal yield 1 unit of ash as a byproduct, and all designs using metal yield one unit of powdered metal.
Printing Scrolls
Printing presses can be used to print scrolls, making more efficient use of expensive magical inks. The above listed press is able to print lesser scrolls, printing 6 scrolls from one pot of ink (rather than 3); printers can research presses able to print greater scrolls.
A printed scroll still needs to be magically invested with the Invest Scroll rite.
Weapons
High quality weapons may be enchanted or otherwise magically invested; a small or one-handed weapon can be crafted with an inlay of amalgam to make a brand. A high quality weapon allows a scout or warrior to use skills such as Disarming, Strikedown Blow or Treacherous Blow more often.
The below is representative and broadly reflects “made of wood,” “made of metal” and “made with a wooden shaft and a metal striking head.” For weapons not listed here, use the nearest equivalent item.
Small and Thrown Weapons
| Items | Skill | Casts | Work units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Dagger | Blacksmith | 2 metal (O), 2 charcoal | 4 |
| Mastercrafted Dagger | Weaponsmith | 1 metal (H), 1 metal (O), 2 charcoal | 8 |
| Superior Hatchet | Blacksmith | 1 metal (O), 1 wood (O), 1 charcoal, 1 oil | 4 |
| Mastercrafted Hatchet | Weaponsmith | 1 metal (H), 1 wood (O), 1 charcoal, 1 oil | 8 |
| Superior Truncheon | Artisan, Blacksmith | 2 wood (O), 2 oil | 3 |
| Mastercrafted Truncheon | Weaponsmith | 1 wood (H), 1 wood (O), 2 oil | 6 |
One-Handed Weapons
| Items | Skill | Casts | Work units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Axe or Mace | Blacksmith | 2 metal (O), 2 wood (O), 2 charcoal, 2 oil | 6 |
| Mastercrafted Axe or Mace | Weaponsmith | 1 metal (H), 1 metal (O), 2 wood (O), 2 charcoal, 2 oil | 12 |
| Superior Club or Stick | Artisan, Blacksmith | 4 wood (O), 4 oil | 5 |
| Mastercrafted Club or Stick | Carpenter, Weaponsmith | 2 wood (H), 2 wood (O), 4 oil | 9 |
| Superior Sword | Blacksmith | 4 metal (O), 4 charcoal | 6 |
| Mastercrafted Sword | Weaponsmith | 2 metal (H), 2 metal (O), 4 charcoal | 12 |
Two-Handed Weapons
| Items | Skill | Casts | Work units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Axe or Mace | Blacksmith | 4 metal (O), 4 wood (O), 4 charcoal, 4 oil | 8 |
| Mastercrafted Axe or Mace | Weaponsmith | 2 metal (H), 2 metal (O), 4 wood (O), 4 charcoal, 4 oil | 16 |
| Superior Club or Stick | Artisan, Blacksmith | 8 wood (O), 8 oil | 6 |
| Mastercrafted Club or Stick | Carpenter, Weaponsmith | 4 wood (H), 4 wood (O), 8 oil | 12 |
| Superior Sword | Blacksmith | 8 metal (O), 8 charcoal | 8 |
| Mastercrafted Sword | Weaponsmith | 4 metal (H), 4 metal (O), 8 charcoal | 16 |
Polearms
| Items | Skill | Casts | Work units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Spear or Polaxe | Blacksmith | 2 metal (O), 3 wood (O), 2 charcoal, 3 oil | 10 |
| Mastercrafted Spear or Polaxe | Weaponsmith | 1 metal (H), 1 metal (O), 3 wood (O), 2 charcoal, 3 oil | 20 |
| Superior Staff | Artisan, Blacksmith | 5 wood (O), 5 oil | 8 |
| Mastercrafted Staff | Carpenter, Weaponsmith | 2 wood (H), 3 wood (O), 5 oil | 15 |
Projectile Weapons
| Items | Skill | Casts | Work units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Bow | Artisan, Blacksmith | 4 wood (O), 4 oil | 5 |
| Mastercrafted Bow | Carpenter, Weaponsmith | 2 wood (H), 2 wood (O), 4 oil | 10 |
| Superior Arrow (for 3) | Artisan, Blacksmith | 1 wood (O), 1 oil | 2 |
| Mastercrafted Arrow (for 3) | Carpenter, Weaponsmith | 1 wood (H), 1 oil | 4 |
| Superior Crossbow | Blacksmith | 2 wood (O), 2 metal (O), 2 oil, 2 charcoal | 8 |
| Mastercrafted Crossbow | Weaponsmith | 1 wood (H), 1 wood (O), 1 metal (H), 1 metal (O), 2 oil, 2 charcoal | 16 |
| Superior Bolt | Artisan, Blacksmith | 1 wood (O), 1 oil | 2 |
| Mastercrafted Bolt | Carpenter, Weaponsmith | 1 wood (H), 1 oil | 4 |
Note: All designs using charcoal yield 1 unit of ash as a byproduct, and all designs using metal yield one unit of powdered metal.
Ornate Weapons
Weapons of any quality can be made ornate by adding precious metal gilt or inlays, engraving the weapon, or incorporating glass or gems.
Add the below costs to the costs of small or one-handed weapons or bows, above, or double the below cost to two-handed weapons, polearms or crossbow.
| Items | Skill | Casts | Work units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilt or Inlay | Blacksmith | 1 jewellery metal, 1 charcoal | 2 |
| Engraving | Blacksmith | N/A | 4 |
| Glass or Gems | Blacksmith | 1 glass (H) or 3 gems | 3 |
Note: Metal can be copper, silver or gold.
Silver Weapons
A blacksmith with the Metallurgist skill can create silver weapons, producing a complex alloy rich enough in silver to harm werewolves and similar beasts, but still hard enough to take and keep an edge. Attacks with silver weapons use the damage call Silver.
Any melee weapon with any metal in the above list can be made out of silver alloy by replacing half the metal (O) with silver metal and spending half again as many work units (in both cases rounding up).
| Example:
Elspeth Wolfsbane has the skills Blacksmith, Weaponsmith and Metallurgist, and is forging a mastercrafted silver one-handed sword to kill the werewolf who murdered her father. A mastercrafted one-handed sword normally costs 2 metal (H), 2 metal (O), 4 charcoal and 12 work units to craft; Elspeth’s silver sword will cost 2 metal (H), 1 metal (O), 1 silver, 4 charcoal and 18 work units. |
Metallurgists can also make silvering powder, a fine powder combining iron filings, powdered silver and other ingredients, which can be rubbed onto any normal metal weapon by a skilled blacksmith to grant it the call Silver for 1 minute.
One unit of silvering powder costs 1 unit of silver metal, 1 unit of powdered metal and 1 work unit to make.