Craft
From Legends of Cphera
Specialized Skill
The Craft skill is used to manufacture items. Each type of item manufacturing requires a different subskill (see below), but the mechanics of creating objects are as follows:
- Find the base price of the item in uV
- In order to make a function item, a character must work for a number of full days equal to the item's price in uV
- For every day of work, the character makes a Craft check of the item's DC.
- If the check succeeds, the character has gained a day of work
- For every 5 points the check is over the DC, the character gains a half day of work
- If the check fails by 10 or more, the work is ruined and the character must start over
When making Masterwork items, for every additional 50% of time is spent creating an item, the crafter can improve the quality of the item by one unit, as per the rules found here.
If the character doesn't have proper access to tools or raw materials, the character takes a -4 on his Craft check.
Raw materials can generally be obtained for 1/3rd the item's uV.
Devisions of Craft
| Devision | Example Items |
|---|---|
| Alchemy | Concocting potions, mixing and refining chemicals |
| Bowmaking | Creating bows |
| Calligraphy | Elaborate script |
| Carpentry | Wooden buildings and structures |
| Composition | Drawings, paintings, artistic designs |
| Fletching | Arrows and bolts (1) |
| Forgery | Fake insignias, fake legal documents |
| Gemcutting | Cutting precious stones for jewelry |
| Glassworking | Stained glass, blown glass |
| Machining * | Metal gears and machined metal parts |
| Smithing | Swords, Crossbows, Armor |
| Stonework | Stone statues and carvings |
| Trapmaking | Pressure-plates, trip-wire mechanisms |
| Woodworking | Wooden spoons, sculptures, furniture |
* - Only used in Era IV 1 - Assuming an arrowhead is already to be had - otherwise also requires a smithing or, theoretically, stoneworking check
