How do the two skills Engineering Lore and Blacksmithing Lore differ from each other? Would it ever be worth having both of them, or does Engineering include the necessary Blacksmithing information?
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I would say blacksmithing lore would allow you to identify what alloys a particular metal item is made from, how it was made, and how you can expect it to behave under stress or corrosion.
Engineering lore would let you estimate the stress an object is subject to or exerting mechanically, the characteristics of alloys but not how to make or identify them, how machines work and how to repair them.
Engineering could help you decide what properties would be useful for a metallic object to have but not the steps to make it.
Blacksmithing would help you decide what alloy would be best for a given set of parameters but not what stress a gear might be subject to in a particular machine.
In short, they complement each other.
Thanks! Wasn't sure if it was worth investing heavily in two different Lore skills.