Smithing
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You are able to create some weapons and items that require the use of a forge.
The character may craft from scratch various types of swords and knives. The quality of the weapons forged cannot rise above "average," however, as the character's skills are not sufficient to create items of higher quality. The Action Point cost associated with repairing normal items has decreased. The character must have access to a forge to craft swords and must have the proper components. More details may be found at Crafting.
“You know, during the Crusades,” the smith explained, punctuating each phrase by hammering at the superheated metal that was beginning to assume a blade shape, “they used to temper Damascus steel by cooling the hot metal in blood instead of water.”
The Lich nodded wearily. She had long since stopped counting the number of times she had heard this discourse.
If the smith noticed her disinterest, he gave no sign. “Yep, they’d just quench the hot metal by jamming it into the body of a slave. And they made some of the finest swords the world has ever seen.”
The Lich stifled a yawn, causing the dead skin around her mouth to crack and flake off.
The heating, the hammering, and then the smith turned and plunged the glowing blade into the torso of a chained zombie. The blade pierced the left breast and into the heart, and the zombie disintegrated instantly.
The smith wiped the congealing ichor from the cooled blade and examined his handiwork. “The female zombies work better than the males,” he mused, then turned to the Lich. “I want to try a female ghoul next.”
“Long as I get paid,” the Lich said, bored.
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