Artificer
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Artificer is an inborn Power, of the Item Creation type. Unlike most (if not all) other Item Creation procedures, the character must use the Power while he is physically creating the item, i.e. weaving an item of clothing, forging a sword, or making a torch. This means he must have the necessary mundane craftsman skills.
On the other hand, the character doesn't need to unlock the Power, it can be used as soon as it manifests (and it manifests early), and even before the character's Power manifests, the character will feel instinctively drawn or one or more of the craftsman skills he needs to learn in order to use this Power.
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Manifestation and roleplaying
Usually very early. The player is free to choose any Youth level interval, i.e. 9-12 Years of age or 21-30 Years of age. The most common is the 12-15 or 15-18 interval, and for most player characters and may NPCs, this will be deep in the character's backstory, rather than something that happens during play. Also, very few characters are surprised when the Power manifests. They'll experience a sense of rightness, even if mixed with a sense of confusion. Or maybe they won't notice it at first, since the Artificer Power creates subtle effects.
An Artificer character using the Power without being aware of it, i.e. after it has manifested but before he consciously accepts the fact, makes subconsciuos choices as to what Enchantments and at what grades he will put into the item, in proportion with how important the item is.
A few Artificers remain in denial throughout their entire lives, but this can be an extreme roleplaying challenge, and many players and GMs will not be able to handle it. Fortunately, if a player (or GM) starts out deciding that the character will remain in denial about having a supernatural Power for his entire life, and then realizes that he (the player or GM playing the character) cannot pull it off, it is easy to change plans and simple have the character accept that he has a Supernatural ability.
That still lives plenty of room for theological and existential angst, although for the sake of the sanity of the other players, such a period should not be too drawn out. Eventually the character should come to terms with what he is, or else go insane to the point where he is no longer an active participant within the game world.
Power variants and cost
Power variants
The Artificer Power comes in two versions, one called Artificer (Gen.) that can be used for all craftsman skills that the character has (and as he learns new skills, he can use Artificer (Gen.) with those too), and another that is specific to one craftsman skill, or with GM permission to two very closely related skills (e.g. torchmaking and candle-making).
This requires GM acceptance for combinations not specifically mentioned in the rules, based on comparision with existing examples (e.g. candle- and torch-making are thematically very closely related in that they're about light-producing consumable objects).
A character can have the skill-specific Artificer Power up to thre times, in which case the second instance of Artificer has a Cost Factor 1 lower, and an eventual third instance has a CF 2 lower. If more than 3 are desired, take the general version of Artificer, giving access to use with all craftsman skills.
Cost Factor
Take the lowest of Dexterity(Manual) and Intelligence.
Don't modify this value for for Artificer (Gen.).
For the skill-specific version, add 2 for the first instance, add 3 for the 2nd instance, and add 4 for the third instance. The first instance is always the one with the highest Power Level, the third instance is always the one with the lowest Power Level.
Then look up the cost in the table below.
Since Artificer is an Item Creation Power, there are no Power Points.
Cost table
Power levels and effects
Power levels table
As usual, levels not listed on the above table cannot be bought. Choose the level closest to your vision of the character.
Power Table
Each Power Level of Artificer may either be empty, which meant it cannot be purchased at character creation (you have to choose either a higher or lower Power Level, among those available), or else it may privileges, rights or boths. Privileges are things that can be done a few times per time unit, or a few times total, or that give an influx of Marked Essence per time unit. Rights are things that can be done as often as the Artificer wishes.
New PL table is to replace old one (further down) but is not finished yet.
| ArtL | Max EL | PL | Effects |
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| 1 | 0.5 | ||
| 2 | - | 1 | P: Every 3 Years, you can create one Simple I item. You may never hold unspent privilege for more than 4 Simple I items at this Power Level. Please note that as most Simple I Items cost 0.1 or 0.2 Essence to create, average 0.15, a person with an average amount of Essence (3.0) would require 57 Years to spend all the Essence that he can only on this. |
| 2 | - | 1.5 | P: Every Year, you may move 0.1 Essence from your normal pool and into a pool Marked for Simple Items. You may spend this Essence on making Simple I and Simple II Items, but the pool may never contain more than 0.7 Essence. If your pool is full in a given year, then you cannot use your privilege in that year. |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | R: You may create as many 2nd level Enchantments as you wish, and also as many Simple I Items as you wish.
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Please note that the Artificer must always pay the Essence cost of each Enchantment or Simple item, they are never free. Thus a privilege simply gives the Artificer the right to create a more powerful item than those he can normally create.
| ArtL | Max EL | PL | Effects |
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| 1 | - | 1 | You may spend Essence to create one Lesser I item every 3 Years. Unused privileges accumulate for up to 9 Years, after which they are gradually lost (i.e. you may save up a maximum of 3 such privileges). |
| 2 | - | 1.5 | You may instead spend Essence to create one Lesser I Item every Year, and one Lesser II item every 6 Years. Unusued privileges accumulate for 12 Years, after which they are gradually lost. Each of the two privileges is to be kept track of seperately. |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | You may create as many 2nd level Enchantments as you desire, and in addition you get the privileges as for PL 1.5. Note that you still pay the Essence for Lesser I and II items, so only use the privilege for creating Lesser items of 3rd EL or higher, and create lower EL items the normal way. |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | You may create as many 2nd and 3rd level Enchantments as you desire, and in addition you may create one Lesser II item every 3 Years, with this privilege accumulating for 21 Years. This supersedes the privilege for PL 1.5. (Please note that Lesser I items are almost never higher than EL3; if you do find an exception, you may use your privilege on it.) |
| 4 | 3 | 3.5 | Once per 3 Years, you may create one Lesser I item that you don't pay Essence for. This privilege accumulates for 12 Years, after which it is gradually lost. |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | You may create as many Enchantments of 4th Enchantment Level or lower, as you wish, and retain the privilege from PL 3.5. You may also create as may Lesser I and II items as you wish, even if they are EL5 or EL6 (and you can make them without using the Grand Work or Wondrous Work privileges from PL4.5 or PL5.5).This removes the need for any lesser privileges, except that from PL3.5. |
| 5 | 4 | 4.5 | You may create two Grand Works in your lifetime, these being 5th level Enchantments. You age 1 OP (Oldness Point) per Great Work, and this is visible (to the extent that 1 OP, being the equivalent of 3 Years of natural aging, is) but gradual. Your hair doesn't abruptly turn grey. |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | You may create as many Enchantments of 5th Enchantment level or less, as you wish. |
| 6 | 5 | 5.5 | Once in your lifetime, you may create one Wondrous Work, this being a 6th level Enchantment, but you age 1d3+2 OP (i.e. between 9 and 15 Year of aging), visibly but gradually. |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | You may create as many Enchantments as you wish. |
| 7 | 6 | 6.5 | Once per Year, you accumulate 0.1 (ear-)Marked Essence, that may only be spent on Lesser I or Lesser II items. You may accumulate 0.7 of this Essence. This is instead of the privilege of PL3.5. |
| 8 | 6 | 8 | Instead, once per 6 Moons, you accumulate 0.2 such (ear-)Marked Essence, for Lesser I and II items only. You may accumulate 2.0 of this Essence. |
| 9 | 6 | 10 | All your 6th level Enchantments count as 7th level in situations where it would typically benefit the wielder of the item (e.g. when hostiles are trying to dispel them), but only as 5th level in situations where that would typically benefit the wielder of the item (e.g. for the purpose of detecting that the item is magical). Indicate that an Enchantment's Enchamtnent Level behaves in this way by putting an asterisk next to it. Please note that this Power Level is very high, thus very expensive, and the benefit is not great. Players should think carefully before paying for Artificer PL10, even though it is in many ways the epitome of truly mythic craftsmanship. |
Power Levels not mentioned are not available.
Some Power Levels, especially half-levels, give privileges that may be somewhat complex. If the character has a Power Level where he gets one or more privileges, and the player chooses to forego all of them (so as to only get the "straight and simple" effect of Artificer, being able to put Enchantments into items as he makes them), a compensation is given.
This is -1 DP.
Artificer Level is a statistic that is sometimes used in the Item Creation rules. A higher Artificer Level is more desirable, and sometimes gives bonuses of various kinds. It tends not to play any role in the creation of Lesser I or II items, though.
Max EL is a short reference for the highest EL that the character can Enchant into items (except if using the privilege from PL4.5 or 5.5), and for the sake of simplicity, here is a shorter version of the table above, including only those PLs that grant access to a higher EL.
Simple reference table
| PL | Max EL | Lesser | ArtL |
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| 2 | 2 | ? | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | ? | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | ? | 5 |
| 5 | 5 | ? | 6 |
| 6 | 6 | ? | 7 |
The Lesser column indicates whether the Artificer is free to make as many Lesser items as he wishes. - means the Artificer is limited in the number of Lesser I items, and possibly II items, he can make. I means that he is free to make Lesser I items, but can make a limmited aount of Lesser II items. II means the Artiicer has no restrictions on Lesser items.
Please note that the above table leaves out some Power Levels, and also does not mention any of the nifty privileges that are gained at included or excluded Power Levels.
Privilege summary table
Put here a table that summarizes the privileges had at each Power Level, with maximum redundancy. Leave out anything that isn't a privilege.
