Gearcrafting
Related topics: Gearcraft (Skill), Salvaging, Tinkering
Introduced in Gears of Change, Trinkets are a classification of item that can possess magic but requires no specific form. The only common thread is they all possess some level of technology. We Derethians are familiar with a large variety of magical items but none before this technical. A trinket can be worn in a great variety of ways, as a simple broach clipped to your amuli coat, a small gadget stored in the pocket or any other number of possible placements. What we do know that is, to date, you can only activate the magic of a single trinket at a time. (These items occupy a trinket slot on your character; this slot is displayed below the necklace slot.)
The most advanced form of Gearcrafting includes the way it interacts with trinkets. All trinkets possessing magic seem to have further innate magics that can be tapped into. The closest analog to the process of activating these magics is that of Tinkering and Imbuing items as has long been the practice of a variety of crafters around Dereth. Gearcrafting requires you to train the Gearcraft (Skill) (2 skill credits). You may specialize Gearcraft using an augmentation.
- A Guide to Gearcrafting (Page 1)
- A Guide to Gearcrafting (Page 2)
- A Comprehensive Guide to Gearcrafting (text available at various shopkeepers)
Shopping for Supplies
While there are many locations to buy supplies, below is a short list of either one stop places to shop or cheap places to shop:
One Stop
- Celestial Hand Stronghold (Celestial Hand Quartermaster, Shopkeeper Polly, Farnor the Archmage)
- Eldrytch Web Stronghold (Eldrytch Web Quartermaster, Shopkeep Gunderson, Raenholm the Archmage)
- Radiant Blood Stronghold (Radiant Blood Quartermaster, Shopkeeper Lazlo, Vermilia the Archmage)
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Imbuing Trinkets
Any loot generated trinket can have up to 1 Major, 1 Moderate, and 1 Minor gearcraft imbues. Attempt an imbue by first adding a full bag of salvage twice (one bag total) to an armature for the level of effect you wish to add. Majors max at 33% success rate (38% with the Charmed Smith augmentation). Moderates and minors can max at 100% with high enough skill/low work item/high work salvage.
Note that each imbue requires two full bags of the indicated salvage type.
Adding a major:
- Purchase a Major Gearcrafting Armature (cheapest from the quartermasters in the Faction Strongholds) and combine with one of the six types of gearcrafting salvage. (Add bag twice to complete the armature.)
- Combine the armature-salvage combination to a loot generated trinket. Majors have a high chance of failure, maximum possible is 38% (with Charmed Smith, the imbue augmentation, otherwise maximum is 33%).
Adding a moderate:
- Purchase a Moderate Gearcrafting Armature (sold by many general merchandise shopkeeps) and combine with one of the six types of gearcrafting salvage. (Add bag twice to complete the armature.)
- Combine the armature-salvage combination to a loot generated trinket. Moderates have a decent to high chance of success, maximum possible is 100%.
Adding a Minor:
- Purchase a Minor Gearcrafting Armature (sold by many general merchandise shopkeeps) and combine with one of the six types of gearcrafting salvage. (Add bag twice to complete the armature.)
- Combine the armature-salvage combination to a loot generated trinket. Minors have a high chance of success, maximum possible is 100%.
Gearcrafting Salvage
Devices
Devices contain a unique ability to tap into specific magics on a variety of levels. The tier of a device is completely dependent on the materials it is made from and in some cases the craftsmanship of the components. The tools and components needed to craft devices are largely sold by various shopkeepers and the remainder drop as trophies on creatures. Each stage of crafting requires a skill check and if failed the components are lost. Though gearcraft skill is required to make these items, anyone with that meets the device requirements can use the item (they are tradeable). The spells only cast while in a fellowship (a fellow one works) and is cast on all members of the fellow that are within radar range.
Leadership Horns
Leadership Horns increase the Health of all fellowship members by 2 to 10 points and depend on the user's buffed Leadership (Skill).
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Lenses
Special handle-mounted lenses that allow players trained in Assess Creature (Skill) (reqs are base skill, not buffed) to detect creature weaknesses and cast an imperil like spell. The lense itself is a casting device.
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Medals of Intellect
Medals of Intellect increase the Mana of all fellowship members by 2 to 10 points and depend on the user's buffed Loyalty (Skill).
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Medals of Vigor
Medals of Vigor increase the Stamina of all fellowship members by 2 to 10 points and depend on the user's buffed Loyalty (Skill). (In the spell description it says it raises endurance, so currently either it is a typo or the medal affects the wrong attribute).
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These devices use a trapped virindi essence to increase your Arcane Lore (Skill) by 8 to 40 points and depend on the your buffed Deception (Skill).
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