Metalworking

This skill covers the smelting, casting, and forging of ore, as well as casting in bronze, working iron and steel, and producing delicate filigree work with gold and other precious metals.

Check: DEX/CON/STR
Applications: Blacksmith, Casting, Goldsmith, Smelting
Encumbrance: yes
Tools: hammer, anvil, forge, fuel
Quality: finish the item faster or with a higher quality
Failed Check: the hero makes no progress.
Critical Success: the hero receives double the number of SP for the check (minimum of 5 SP). Remove all penalties accrued due to failed cumulative checks.
Botch: accumulated QL drop to 0 and you may make no further checks on this project.
Improvement Cost: C

• Repair a dented cuirass — 10 minutes, as many checks as necessary
• Forge a sword into a plowshare — 30 minutes, 10 checks
• Create a complicated alloy — 1 hour 3, checks
• Create a horseshoe — 2 hours, 5 checks
• Refine iron from raw ore — 8 hours, 4 checks
• Work magical metals — 2 days, 2 checks