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Mr. Brim, would it be okay of I turned part of my upstairs into an alchemist/gunsmith area? That would hinge on this question...
I'm thinking if going Investigator my next level to coincide with Eldreds changeb in directive. But the new class also comes with the access to alchemical tomfoolery. Any chance I could parlay those new skills into developing custom loads for my gun?
Also, would a musket be available for purchase and can I look into acquiring a second pistol?
@DM
Any restriction on armors?
Do they have Ioun torches for sale in the city?
@Zeltresh
Would you be willing to craft a pearl of power (1st) and sleeves of many garments?
Have not read up on DM's custom crafting in a while but in normal crafting you don't need to know the spell. Just the crafting feat, drawback is an increased DC for everything you don't know.
Before I lay down a verdict on your roll, I suppose I should mention that I'll allow Hero Point rerolls. Once only per roll, but it's a little insurance against losing, say, 500gp overnight. Also, I would like to stress that you should not feel beholden to items that already exist. You can go through the process with a loose concept of what you want: "I want to make a pair of bracers that protect me from harm" rather than flipping through the manual for a specific item, etc.
Speaking of the bracers, how specifically are you incorporating the bits of the robot into the item? You've basically got a small handful of titanium bolts, nuts, shavings (that belonged to a robot, of course).
The pearl is not on the basic list of formulae, so it would require experimenting to achieve. After successfully making such an item, you can add it to your list of known formulae, however.
As to the sleeves and items in general, I would vastly prefer that something going into the equation actually relate to the item being made. You can go with the specific spell already listed, of course, or try to run down an exotic ingredient tied to illusion (or true shapechangers). The purpose of the system in general is to put distance between the min/max cookie-cutter approach to magic items according to RAW. Should result in more interesting results, if less dependable.
Sampson: Would you be cool with replacing your trait with various kata you could perform in the first hour of the day (while others prepare spells, conveniently) to grant various bonuses? I'm modeling this after the Propitiation trait mostly; can delve further if that interests you.
Eldred: Yes to all questions. You can actually take advantage of the alternate crafting rules where guns/ammunition are concerned (also, dependent on rare reagents). Any unique creations will likely be subject to that process, but you can craft the normal stuff in the books as usual.
Arzazel: bird feather token; all items are sold at the normal rate (50% of total value).
Nathmir: Mundane armors are easy to come by, unless you're getting really oddball. You might be able to run down a few eastern items without much difficulty.
Zeltresh: You have an unlimited access to Common reagents thanks to your trait. Uncommon will require a decent Diplomacy check on an individual basis, penalized for volume of requests.
Also, campfire bead isn't part of the basics, so it would require an Experimentation to create.
That item is created successfully, and works as is. Going forward, you can add it to your known formulae and craft it reliably (w/o needing an Experimentation roll).
Yep. Lower is worse, Higher is better. Significant chunk of middling rolls are successful, item as usual.
The reagents are used up, I was just curious to see how they went into the bracers. Melted down and added in someway, reformed into metalwork in the bracers themselves, ground into powder, etc. It's not super important in this case, but in future cases what you use and how you use it could impact the end result.
Your experimentation result is a net +4; +1 Trait, +2 from Spellcraft check, and +1 from the Reagent. . .
. . . which is just enough to avoid any sort of mishap. So you've got some standard bracers of armor +1.
Before I lay down a verdict on your roll, I suppose I should mention that I'll allow Hero Point rerolls. Once only per roll, but it's a little insurance against losing, say, 500gp overnight. Also, I would like to stress that you should not feel beholden to items that already exist. You can go through the process with a loose concept of what you want: "I want to make a pair of bracers that protect me from harm" rather than flipping through the manual for a specific item, etc.
Speaking of the bracers, how specifically are you incorporating the bits of the robot into the item? You've basically got a small handful of titanium bolts, nuts, shavings (that belonged to a robot, of course).
The pearl is not on the basic list of formulae, so it would require experimenting to achieve. After successfully making such an item, you can add it to your list of known formulae, however.
As to the sleeves and items in general, I would vastly prefer that something going into the equation actually relate to the item being made. You can go with the specific spell already listed, of course, or try to run down an exotic ingredient tied to illusion (or true shapechangers). The purpose of the system in general is to put distance between the min/max cookie-cutter approach to magic items according to RAW. Should result in more interesting results, if less dependable.
Sampson: Would you be cool with replacing your trait with various kata you could perform in the first hour of the day (while others prepare spells, conveniently) to grant various bonuses? I'm modeling this after the Propitiation trait mostly; can delve further if that interests you.
Eldred: Yes to all questions. You can actually take advantage of the alternate crafting rules where guns/ammunition are concerned (also, dependent on rare reagents). Any unique creations will likely be subject to that process, but you can craft the normal stuff in the books as usual.
Arzazel: bird feather token; all items are sold at the normal...
Sure, sounds cool.
Mr. Brimleydower,
So I'm wanting to leverage my craft(alchemy) skill in fabricating some boosted rounds for the old pistol. As an example, I would like to create bullets that disperse smoke (within a 5-ft) or perhaps triggers a brilliant flash of light upon impact, etc.
What would be the steps for me to run experiments / research?
@DM
Looking for Kikko armor.
On the bullets: I'll be looking to the alchemical cartridges and specialty arrows for comparisons here. Depending on how fancy you're getting, it will get very expensive on a per bullet basis. A single bleeding arrow, for example, costs 360 gp.
On the armor: Yeah, it's there. I'm personally scratching my head as to why it only costs 30gp as per RAW, but that's neither here nor there.
Out of town until Monday Night, taking a trip with the family and catching a Browns game.
Tally-ho, good sir. Enjoy!
I've began withdrawing from a lot of the games I'm involved in on here. Just to reassure everyone, I'm not going to fold this game. Hopefully I can give it more attention instead. Apologies for the horrible pacing thus far.
Heil Brimley!
I wouldn't mind a +1 on my chain shirt and/or falcata. I've got 1000ish GP.
At the moment, Vincent has spent his coin. But eventually he will look you up for something.
So anyone else in the room going to say or do anything?
Not in the room.
Also not present.
Thirded.
The gunslinger looks around on the darkness, pulls his pistol and fires a shot into the air.
"Hello?"
Waiting on someone else to chime in or the DM. Please do not fire your gun. ;P
Sorry fellas. Lack of time and waning interest are tag teaming me at the moment (on top of an incoming tide of games that are going to keep me distracted for the foreseeable future).
I'm going to go ahead and put this game on an official hiatus for the time being. I do want to come back and resume at some point in the future, if that is an option. I apologize for putting the brakes on everything like this. Check back in a couple of months if you are still interested, and I'll there will be no hard feelings from my end if any are not.
Was afraid if that...
If you don't mind pming the players in case you do return, that would be great.