Blacksmithing
“Can ye hear that lad? That ring be the sound of the metal being given a new life; being born.”
Dwarven Blacksmith to his apprentice.
Dwarven Blacksmith to his apprentice.
One of the most useful and in demand jobs in the Empire is those who know their craft when it comes to forging weapons and other items. A blacksmith is one who can see the beauty in metals and be able to bend and shape it with skill to form a new set of armor, or a weapon or even a small trinket!
While being a Blacksmith is a rewarding occupation with a substantial amount of prestige that comes with the job, it is still a process that requires time, patience, and skill. One must be well versed if they are to create reliable and well known forged works.
While being a Blacksmith is a rewarding occupation with a substantial amount of prestige that comes with the job, it is still a process that requires time, patience, and skill. One must be well versed if they are to create reliable and well known forged works.
Please Note the Following
When crafting, you can create a brand new item from materials or you can update a lower-tier item to your current crafting tier. A word count is implemented to reflect the character working on the item. There are also time restraints; a character forging a weapon that takes two weeks to forge cannot participate in storylines that occur within those two weeks. The character is free to engage in free play as they see.
Novice Blacksmith
Capabilities: Basic Armor/Weapons/Accessories/Trinkets.
Requirements for Successful Craft: 450 words and 24 hours to successfully forge a novice item.
Advancement to Intermediate: 24 successful crafting attempts.
Intermediate Blacksmith
Capabilities: Advanced armor/Weapons/ Accessories; such as studded armor.
Requirements: 525 words and 3 Days to successfully forge an Intermediate item.
Crafting Upgrade:
Novice to Intermediate: 200 words and 2 Days to successfully update a Novice item to Intermediate.
Advancement to Journeyman: 50 successful crafting attempts.
Journeyman Blacksmith
Capabilities: Further advanced armor and weapons, such as plate armor. A Journeyman Smith can demonstrate how to design and craft almost any kind of weapon and armor.
Requirements: 700 words and 5 Days to successfully forge a Journeyman item.
Crafting Upgrade:
Novice to Journeyman: 350 words and 3 Days to complete.
Intermediate to Journeyman: 430 words and 7 Days to complete.
Advancement to Master: 75 successful crafting attempts.
Master Blacksmith
Capabilities: Powerful items forged by a master smith. Generally, Master Smiths are able to update and forge simpler items very quickly. They can also forge Master weapons and armor. Requirements: 1,500 words and 2 Weeks successfully forged.
Crafting Upgrade: Items being upgraded from Novice and Intermediate tiers can be upgraded twice as fast to Journeyman for half the crafting time and word count.
Journeyman items can only be updated to Master items. Requires 500 Words and 4 Days to upgrade a weapon from Journeyman to Master.
Advancement to Legendary: 100 successful crafting attempts.
Legendary Blacksmith
Capabilities: Near God-like items imbued with nearly mythical properties. Legendary smiths are few and far between and the weapons and armor even more so rare. These weapons and armor are so well forged that they might appear otherworldly in power, construct and usage.
Requirements: 3,000 Words and 1 Month to complete.
Crafting Upgrade: Legendary Smiths can update Novice and Intermediate items to Journeyman for half the time and word count still.
Legendary Smiths can update Master items to Legendary for 600 Words and 2 Weeks.
- You are required to take Basic Skill Profession - Blacksmith in order to be a blacksmith.
- In order to begin crafting you must purchase a forge or have access to another player’s forge (the player must ascertain permission to use the Forge that belongs to another). A forge may be purchased as real estate from the Marketplace.
- Time reflected in crafting is represented in real time. One day spent crafting out of character is represented as one day in character, unless otherwise told so.
- All attempts of crafting may be done on the Forums, through email, or Microsoft Word attachments. However, all attempts must be sent to the DM at [email protected].
- Anything less than the word count will be considered a failed crafting attempt, even if it is only by one word.
- When making a crafting attempt, you may only craft items as high as your level of Blacksmith.
- In order to begin your rank at novice, you must submit one (1) successful crafting attempt to the DM at [email protected].
When crafting, you can create a brand new item from materials or you can update a lower-tier item to your current crafting tier. A word count is implemented to reflect the character working on the item. There are also time restraints; a character forging a weapon that takes two weeks to forge cannot participate in storylines that occur within those two weeks. The character is free to engage in free play as they see.
Novice Blacksmith
Capabilities: Basic Armor/Weapons/Accessories/Trinkets.
Requirements for Successful Craft: 450 words and 24 hours to successfully forge a novice item.
Advancement to Intermediate: 24 successful crafting attempts.
Intermediate Blacksmith
Capabilities: Advanced armor/Weapons/ Accessories; such as studded armor.
Requirements: 525 words and 3 Days to successfully forge an Intermediate item.
Crafting Upgrade:
Novice to Intermediate: 200 words and 2 Days to successfully update a Novice item to Intermediate.
Advancement to Journeyman: 50 successful crafting attempts.
Journeyman Blacksmith
Capabilities: Further advanced armor and weapons, such as plate armor. A Journeyman Smith can demonstrate how to design and craft almost any kind of weapon and armor.
Requirements: 700 words and 5 Days to successfully forge a Journeyman item.
Crafting Upgrade:
Novice to Journeyman: 350 words and 3 Days to complete.
Intermediate to Journeyman: 430 words and 7 Days to complete.
Advancement to Master: 75 successful crafting attempts.
Master Blacksmith
Capabilities: Powerful items forged by a master smith. Generally, Master Smiths are able to update and forge simpler items very quickly. They can also forge Master weapons and armor. Requirements: 1,500 words and 2 Weeks successfully forged.
Crafting Upgrade: Items being upgraded from Novice and Intermediate tiers can be upgraded twice as fast to Journeyman for half the crafting time and word count.
Journeyman items can only be updated to Master items. Requires 500 Words and 4 Days to upgrade a weapon from Journeyman to Master.
Advancement to Legendary: 100 successful crafting attempts.
Legendary Blacksmith
Capabilities: Near God-like items imbued with nearly mythical properties. Legendary smiths are few and far between and the weapons and armor even more so rare. These weapons and armor are so well forged that they might appear otherworldly in power, construct and usage.
Requirements: 3,000 Words and 1 Month to complete.
Crafting Upgrade: Legendary Smiths can update Novice and Intermediate items to Journeyman for half the time and word count still.
Legendary Smiths can update Master items to Legendary for 600 Words and 2 Weeks.