Crafting Items

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Crafting Items
Terminology
Term Name:	Crafting Points
Description:	A measure of the potency (or quantity) of permanent items a character can create between events.
Abbreviation or Synonyms:	CP
Rule Type:	Gameplay

Characters can gain access to crafting points allowing them to design their own magic items between events. Players can also sometimes acquire feb feast items that allow them to design their own magic item using these rules regardless of what skills their character possesses. This page discusses how this is done.

Crafting rules can get confusing; new players can safely skip them until they are interested and ready to start crafting items of their own. The only thing on this page they may want to know about prior to that is the information on using runes.

Are you here to fill out your preproduction form and just need a quick cheat sheet? Here it is: The cost formula for ornamenting and tinkering is 1 craft point = 5 coin. For how many craft points you can fit into each item slot, see this table. For weaponsmithing, your cost formula is 1 craft point = 10 coin. All weapons can fit 24 craft points in them. For producing consumables, see this page.

Crafted and Epic Items

A crafted or craftable item is any item a player character can create themselves through the crafting rules.

Characters with the Weaponsmithing or Ornamenting skills can craft custom magic items between events using crafting points and the preproduction system. This creates numbered items characters can keep for as long as they hold onto them.

Tinkering can also be used to craft tinkering items.

An epic item is any magic item that cannot be crafted using the normal crafting rules. This could be because it has more crafting points spent on it than an item for that item slot could have, because the item has abilities that can only be assigned to an epic item, or because the item does something unique that doesn't follow the crafting rules.

Epic items are generally loot from major stories or large events.

Craft Points

Characters can gain access to crafting points through a variety of skills and items. They can then spend these using the pre-production system and coin to produce permanent magic items (and wands). Craft points are only truly useful in multiples of four. There are no mechanics in the game that take advantage of any other quantity of craft points. To spend a craft point a character will also spend 10 coin per craft point when using weaponsmithing, and 5 coin per craft point for anything else (ornamenting, tinkering, and making tomes).

Tinkering items all state how many craft points are required to make them. All other items are custom designed with a cap on how many craft points can be used based on the item type or slot occupied. Nothing allows player characters to break these caps.

Improving Items

Crafted items don't need to be completed in just one event. A character can put some craft points towards an item and come back to add more at a future event. To do this the character must determine what type of item is being created (what slot will be occupied, the weapon type, or what exact tinkering item is being made) and put that in their preproduction information the first event they start work on it. This detail can never be changed. If the item is a weapon they must also select any special materials being used in construction the first time they put points into it (even if they can't afford to pay for the material's craft point cost in full), this also may not be changed. Having done this, each event the player attends while playing the character who possesses the item they may pay additional craft points to improve the item, up to the limit allowed for that item's slot.

A character can even improve an item they did not craft as long as it follows these guidelines. The character must have the necessary skills to put any specific feature into an item. Characters who collectively have the right skills for a feature, but individually do not, cannot work together to add that feature.

Zero point craft features may not be added to items after the event they are first created/ started.

Craft Point Uses

Ornamenting

Characters with the Ornamenting skill can spend craft points to create a wide variety of magic items. How well trained the character is in the ornamenting skill determines exactly what slots they can make items for. Each slot has a limit on how many craft points may be spent on items worn there.

Weaponsmithing

Characters with the weaponsmithing skill can spend craft points to create special weapons. These weapons can be crafted of special materials or can have other unusual features. The specific weapon types that can be created are based on how well trained the character is in weaponsmithing. All weapons can have up to 24 craft points used to create them.

A weapon does not need to be made of a special material. Those weapons with no special materials or abilities of any kind may be brought into play at any time after receiving a safety inspection from player outreach & education staff. These weapons are said to be mundane, and they call for only Might or Accuracy as appropriate based on what kind of weapon they are.

Other weapons are made from a variety of special materials. This is typically to defeat creatures with damage requirements. Any weapon made of a special material must always use the appropriate call for that material when attacking with it, even if you have not or cannot identify it. If you recognize the paint job as a particular special material, use the corresponding call.

Weapons made of special materials are very commonly used for ease of access to different damage types. Elven Steel weapons are particularly popular for dealing with undead at night. Because Silver and Elven Steel weapons do not work with many blade alchemicals, Goblin Iron and Thermium dual material weapons are also very popular for condensing how many weapons are being carried at once. Items made of pure Goblin Iron, pure Silver, or pure Thermium get benefits with different blade alchemicals.

Tinkering Items

Characters with the tinkering skill can create devices and encampment items using craft points. Each item will specify how many craft points and what level of tinkering skill is required to create it.

Tinkering Alterations

Another thing characters with the tinkering skill are capable of doing is altering the prop for an item. They do this using preproduction just like crafting a new item. Alteration allows the character to move the rules/ abilities for an item off of one prop and onto another, or to swap the rules/ abilities of two props with each other. Doing this requires both props use the same item slot and if one of the props has any unusual properties that were a factor in its function/ design, these properties must be present in the new item. If in doubt about if an item has any unusual properties speak to the 1st marshals.

Example: A character has very large bulky bracers they got as loot for an encounter. These bracers are really useful, but uncomfortable to wear. The player wishes to have the bracers tinkered to new easier to wear bracers. However, the bulky nature of the bracers was a factor when rules staff designed what abilities the bracers have. They intentionally made the bracers better than they would have otherwise been to make up for the fact that they were going to be very uncomfortable. These bracers may not be altered with tinkering unless the new bracers are also similarly uncomfortable. Not every pair of uncomfortable bracers will be this way, so it is worth checking with the 1st marshals if this is an option on a case-by-case basis.

The cost in craft points and coin to alter an item is based on the maximum craft points that can be allocated when normally crafting an item in the slot the item occupies. To alter an item you pay that same number of craft points.

Slot Craft Points	Coin Cost	Tinkering Skill Needed
8	80 (Weapon) or 40 (Other)	Tinkering Training
12	120 (Weapon) or 60 (Other)	Tinkering Proficiency
16	160 (Weapon) or 80 (Other)	Tinkering Expertise
20	200 (Weapon) or 100 (Other)	Tinkering Mastery
24	240 (Weapon) or 120 (Other)	Tinkering Mastery

For the purposes of slotless and variable slot items, the requirement to tinker is 100 coin and Tinkering Mastery.

Because you pay the full cost in craft points and coins, tinkering alteration is only really useful for Epic Items. Otherwise a player is almost always better off crafting a new item with the same abilities, resulting in them having two items (the old one and the new one) instead of one.

Tomes

Characters with Scholar 3 (Proficient) can craft tomes. This requires no other skills, only craft points. Player character created tomes can only contain one school of magic in them. Crafting a tome requires a character to have a ritual quill available. Character's can add spells of level no greater than their level of Scholar.

Epic Items

We also sometimes use the crafting system for designing epic items. This is something only ever done by GM's to create loot for the game, or for special Feb Feast items. In these two cases there is no coin cost or skills involved. The craft point value assigned is simply a limit on how many can be spent on a single item. When making one of these items it still must occupy a slot, but the item is not restricted by that slot's normal craft point maximum.

Some crafting features are exclusively available to epic items, and some are further restricted to only appear on Feb Feast items. Feb Feast only features are almost exclusively available to Feb Feast items. These features will almost never appear on loot acquired during game play.

Runes

A rune is a partially completed magic item, preserved by arts currently lost to Novitas. Using pre-production any player may turn in a rune and assign the properties associated with the rune to an appropriate mundane prop they own. Each rune will specify what slot it occupies, players can enhance any mundane prop that is appropriate for that slot. Doing this permanently turns the prop into a magic item with the abilities that were listed on the rune. The rune is then and should be turned in to logistics to be used again for a future rune.

There is no coin or craft point cost to turn in a rune, nor are there any skills required to do so.

The magic stored in runes is unstable. All runes will list in the items description a date by which the rune must be turned in before the rune will go inert. Once the rune has been used this date doesn't matter, the magic item it created is permanent. If the rune is not used by that date it will become inert and should be turned in immediately.

Runes are exclusively found as loot items during game play.

Crafting Features

When crafting magic items there are a wide variety of features that can be chosen. Players select any features they desire and pay for them with craft points and coins. Many features have special rules for what kinds of objects they can be applied to, if they require other features to go with them or if they are mutually exclusive with specific features. Each feature will detail any of these restrictions in their description.

General Crafting Features

Some crafting features can be placed on both weapons and other slotted gear (besides Rods, Wands and Tomes) using the weaponsmithing or ornamenting skills respectively.

Standard Features

Option Name	Ornamenting Craftable	Weaponsmithing Craftable	Craft Point Cost	Description
+4 Craft Points	Yes	Yes	8	Gain 4 additional craft points each event.
+1 Power Point	Yes	Yes	8	Gain 1 power point each game day that does not break cap.
+2 Power Points	Yes	Yes	12	Gain 2 power points each game day that do not break cap.
+2 Production Points	Yes	Yes	4	Gain 2 production points each event that do not break cap.
+4 Production Points	Yes	Yes	8	Gain 4 production points each event that do not break cap.
Nature Immunity	Yes	Yes	12	When you put this item on you are immune to 'Nature!' damage. If you then take the item off, the effect will end for the remainder of the game day. This effect counts against your immunity cap.
Common Language	Yes	Yes	8	A character attuned to this item can speak (and understand) a common language chosen when the item is crafted. A single item can only allow a character to speak one language. This does not allow reading and writing of the language.
Read and Write Language	Yes	Yes	4	This feature allows a character to read and write a language they are able to speak due to the magic item giving understanding of a language. This must be crafted with a language skill ability.

Epic Features

Weapon Exclusive Crafting Features

These features can only be applied to weapons.

Weapon Type

All weapons must have exactly one type (no more, no less).

Weapon Type	Crafting Skill	Crafting Cost	Combat Skill	Damage Skill
Crafted Ammunition	Weaponsmithing Training	None	Projectile Training	Accuracy
Crafted Bow and Crossbow	Weaponsmithing Expert	4	Projectile Training	Accuracy
Crafted Great Javelin	Weaponsmithing Master	16	Thrown Expertise	Circumstantial
Crafted Great Weapon	Weaponsmithing Master	16	Melee Expertise	Might
Crafted Javelin	Weaponsmithing Expert	4	Thrown Proficiency	Accuracy
Crafted Martial Weapon	Weaponsmithing Proficiency	4	Melee Proficiency	Might
Crafted Non-Martial Weapon	Weaponsmithing Basics	None	Melee Training	Might
Crafted Standard Thrown Weapon	Weaponsmithing Training	None	Thrown Training	Accuracy

Standard Weapon Materials

Weapons may be crafted with one or more special materials. Each material lists any restrictions on what it can be paired with.

Option Name	Ornamenting Craftable	Weaponsmithing Craftable	Craft Point Cost	Description
Elven Steel Weapon	No	Yes	20	This weapon has been made out of Elven Steel. Attacks with it call for 'Elven Steel!'. Elven Steel weapons cannot be paired with any other special material.
Goblin Iron Weapon	No	Yes	8	This weapon is crafted out of Goblin Iron. Attacks with it call for 'Poison!'. Goblin Iron weapons cannot also be made of Silver.
Silver Weapon	No	Yes	8	This weapon is made of or coated in silver. Attacks with it call for 'Silver!'. Silver weapons cannot also be made of Goblin Iron.
Thermium Weapon	No	Yes	8	This weapon has been made out of Thermium. Attacks with it call for 'Nature!'.

Epic Weapon Materials

Standard Weapon Features

Option Name	Ornamenting Craftable	Weaponsmithing Craftable	Craft Point Cost	Description
Master's Blade	No	Master Weaponsmith and Master Tinkerer	8	If the wielder of this weapon is a weapon master they gain an additional master's strike each game day. Can only be taken by a weapon once. A character can only benefit from one additional master's strike from a master's blade each game day.
Master's Staff	No	Master Weaponsmith and Master Ornamentor	8	Must be crafted onto a great weapon. The weapon is a Master's Staff. A character can only benefit from one item that counts as a Master's Staff per event. Select a school of magic at when this is crafted. When the staff is used by a master of that school the weapon reduces the cost of casting any spell from that school by 1 (to a minimum of 1). This does not stack with other effects. The feature can only be crafted onto a weapon once.
Masterwork Weapon	No	Yes	4	Strikes with this weapon have +1 Might/ Accuracy. Can only be taken once. The prop for this weapon should look above average.

Epic Weapon Features

Armor Crafting Features

These features can only be placed on props that count as armor.

Option Name	Ornamenting Craftable	Weaponsmithing Craftable	Craft Point Cost	Description
Enhanced Armor Craft	Yes	No	8	Provides +1 physical armor points to the character's best source of physical armor points. This must be crafted onto a piece of armor which now takes up a slot. Does not stack with other crafting features that enhance armor.

Epic Armor Crafting Features

Example: One of these features is placed on light leather bracers. The bracers by themselves would provide 1 physical armor point. However, the character also is wearing a chain shirt which provides 3 physical armor points. The character therefore has 4 physical armor points.

Spell Related Features

Many magic item features replicate spell casting. These are sometimes refered to as imbued items.

Standard Spell Related Features

Option Name	Ornamenting Craftable	Weaponsmithing Craftable	Craft Point Cost	Description
1st Level Spell	Yes	Yes	4/ cast	Selected a 1st level spell when crafted. This item casts it once per event. May be crafted multiple times for additional casts per event or to add casts of other spells.
2nd Level Spell	Yes	Yes	8/ cast	Selected a 2nd level spell when crafted. This item casts it once per event. May be crafted multiple times for additional casts per event or to add casts of other spells.
3rd Level Spell	Yes	Yes	12/ cast	Selected a 3rd level spell when crafted. This item casts it once per event. May be crafted multiple times for additional casts per event or to add casts of other spells.
Restricted Incantation	Ornamenting 1	Weaponsmithing 1	None	The incantation used to cast a spell on this item has a requirement that must be met. This could be using (or not using) a certain language, using certain words, a specific incant, or an increased incantation length. Logs staff may restrict overly complex or long requirements.

Epic Spell Crafting Features

Rods

Rods can only have crafting features explicitly designed for them. The following lists are all inclusive.

Standard Rod Crafting Features

Option Name	Ornamenting Craftable	Weaponsmithing Craftable	Craft Point Cost	Description
1st Level Spell Rod	Ornamenting 2	No	8	Select one 1st level spell, when holding this rod you may cast it as if you knew the spell.
2nd Level Spell Rod	Ornamenting 2	No	12	Select one 2nd level spell, when holding this rod you may cast it as if you knew the spell.
3rd Level Spell Rod	Ornamenting 2	No	16	Select one 3rd level spell, when holding this rod you may cast it as if you knew the spell.

Epic Rod Crafting Features

Tomes

Tomes may only have crafting features explicitly designed for them. The following lists are all inclusive.

Standard Tome Crafting Features

Option Name	Ornamenting Craftable	Weaponsmithing Craftable	Craft Point Cost	Description
1st Level Spell Tome	Scholar 3	No	8	Add a 1st level spell to a tome. The spell must be the same school as all other spells in the tome.
2nd Level Spell (Tome)	Scholar 3	No	12	Add a 2nd level spell to a tome. The spell must be the same school as all other spells in the tome.
3rd Level Spell (Tome)	Scholar 3	No	16	Add a 3rd level spell to a tome. The spell must be the same school as all other spells in the tome.
4th Level Spell (Tome)	Scholar 4	No	20	Add a 4th level spell to a tome. The spell must be the same school as all other spells in the tome.
5th Level Spell (Tome)	Scholar 5	No	24	Add a 5th level spell to a tome. The spell must be the same school as all other spells in the tome.

Epic Tome Crafting Features

Wands

Wands may only have crafting features explicitly designed for them. The following lists are all inclusive.

Standard Wand Crafting Features

Option Name	Ornamenting Craftable	Weaponsmithing Craftable	Craft Point Cost	Description
10 Power Point Wand	Ornamenting 2	No	4	A wand with 10 power points
20 Point Wand	Ornamenting 2	No	8	A wand with 20 power points
30 Point Wand	Ornamenting 2	No	12	A wand with 30 power points
Standard Wand	Ornamenting 2	No	None	Choose a level 1, 2, or 3 spell for this wand to cast. A wand can only have one spell.

Epic Wand Crafting Features

Item Slot Modifier Features

There are some epic crafts that change what slot the crafted item will occupy.

References

Item Slots

Preproduction

Categories: Gameplay Rules | Spell and Item Rules | Crafting Rules | Weaponsmithing | Ornamenting | Tinkering

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