Crafting

Crafting

There are four phases of crafting.

• Harvesting -- the act of gathering the necessary materials to craft an item.
• Crafting -- the act of manufacturing the item with the materials acquired. Crafting cannot typically be done out in the field and requires specialized equipment. The exception to the rule is crafting consumables.
• Augmenting -- the act of changing or enhancing an existing item with new materials acquired. Augmenting cannot typically be done out in the field and requires specialized equipment. Most items can be augmented, the exception to the rule is consumables.
• Salvaging -- the act of destroying a magical item in order to salvage its properties. Salvaging cannot typically be done out in the field and requires specialized equipment. Most items can be salvaged, the exception to the rule is consumables.

Harvesting

To Harvest raw materials roll a harvest check against the DC of the creature or resource being harvested (Level * 3) on the first item to be harvested. If the resource was not destroyed in a failed attempt, you may try again. For each subsequent try or item on the harvest list the harvesting task is hindered by two.

Essence

Essence can be harvest from any creature. The essence of a creature is some magical property in which that creature possessed or was capable of in life.

The essence can be extracted instead of a part if you wish to augment this ability onto an existing item without altering the physical form of the item.

Creature Parts

[!example] The party has just killed a dragon, and they want to harvest the breath sac, scales and the essence. The dragon was Level 5.

They must roll against a DC of 15 for the breath sac. 1d20: [13] = 13 → failed breath sac harvest

If they were to try again the task would be a level 7 which is a DC of 21 and impossible without any tags applied to ease the task.

Crafting

Crafting takes some imagination from the player as there is no real set recipe system for crafting gear. The player decides what the item should do based on the creature (or creatures) the base item came from. If you are playing with a party, the party should agree that it is a viable idea.

To craft an item. You must roll a crafting check against the base items level plus one (DC = (Level + 1) * 3). If you failed the check you may try again hindering the task by 2 for each new attempt.

On a successful crafting check create an item sentence. The newly crafted item is Level 1 and if purchased in a story has a starting Cost of 3.

[!tip] Item Sentence Armor: [Name] is a [descriptor] [material] [armor type] that [does something special]. Item: [Name] is a [descriptor] [item type] that [does something special]. Weapon: [Name] is a [descriptor] [material] [weapon type] that does [damage type] damage and [something special]. Trap: [Name] is a [descriptor] [trap type] that [trigger condition] and [effect or consequence]. Consumable: [Name] is a [descriptor] [consumable type] that [effect on consumption] and [any special property or twist].

Augmenting

Augmenting is much like crafting, except you are changing the properties of your already crafted item with new and/or different features.

Modify your item sentence.

To augment an item. You must roll a augment check against the items level plus two (DC = (Level + 2) * 3). If you failed the check you may try again hindering the task by 2 for each new attempt.

On a successful augmenting check add an additional tag to the item. Augmenting an item increases its level by 1 and every 3rd level increases the base cost by 1.

An item can have up to 9 augmentations

Salvaging

To salvage an item. You must roll salvaging check against the items level. If you failed the check you may try again hindering the task by 2 for each new attempt.

On a successful salvaging decide what property was salvaged from the item. This property may be applied to an existing item with a Level 5 Augmenting task.