Item Tinkering

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Item Tinkering
Description	Lets you improve many items (including weapons and armor) in certain basic ways.
Formula	(Focus + Coordination) / 2
Base Status	Untrained - Trained for free on Gharu'ndim, and on Lugians with changed innate abilities.
Cost to Train	2
Cost to Specialize	0 - specialized via Yoshi's Essence augment.
Buffs	Item Tinkering Expertise (Spell), Coordination (Spell), Focus (Spell)
Debuffs	Item Tinkering Ignorance (Spell), Clumsiness (Spell), Bafflement (Spell)

Materials

Material	Modification
Copper	Apply this material to a magical, treasure-generated item with Missile Defense activation requirement to change that requirement into an appropriate Melee Defense requirement.
Ebony	Apply this material to a magical, treasure-generated item with a heritage activation requirement to change that activation requirement to Gharu'ndim.
Gold	Apply this material to a treasure-generated item to raise the item's value by 25%.
Linen	Apply this material to a treasure-generated item to reduce the item's burden by 25%.
Moonstone	Apply this material to a treasure-generated item to increase its maximum mana by 100.
Pine	Apply this material to treasure-generated armor to reduce the item's value by 25%.
Porcelain	Apply this material to a magical, treasure-generated item with a heritage activation requirement to change that activation requirement to Sho.
Silk	Apply this material to a magical, treasure-generated item with an allegiance rank activation requirement to remove the rank requirement. In exchange, the item will gain an Arcane Lore difficulty equal to the its [sic] Spellcraft.
Silver	Apply this material to a magical, treasure-generated item with a Melee Defense activation requirement to change that requirement into an appropriate Missile Defense requirement.
Teak	Apply this material to a magical, treasure-generated item with a heritage activation requirement to change that activation requirement to Aluvian.

See Gearcrafting Items for Salvage Material associated with the retired, and now part of Item Tinkering, Gearcraft Skill.

Originally the Appraise Item skill at a cost of 2 to train, 2 to specialize and a formula of Focus.
During the Repercussions event, when appraisal of items was removed, the skill became Item Tinkering.
During the Master of Arms event, Gearcraft was integrated into Item Tinkering

Skills
Magic Skills	Arcane Lore, Creature Enchantment, Item Enchantment, Life Magic, Mana Conversion, Void Magic, War Magic
Combat Skills	Finesse Weapons, Heavy Weapons, Light Weapons, Missile Weapons, Two Handed Combat, Summoning
Secondary Combat Skills	Dual Wield, Dirty Fighting, Recklessness, Sneak Attack
Defense Skills	Magic Defense, Melee Defense, Missile Defense, Shield
Crafting Skills	Alchemy, Armor Tinkering, Cooking, Fletching, Item Tinkering, Lockpick, Magic Item Tinkering, Salvaging, Weapon Tinkering
Misc Skills	Assess Creature, Assess Person, Deception, Healing, Leadership, Loyalty, Jump, Run
Retired Skills	Appraise Armor, Appraise Item, Appraise Magic Item, Appraise Weapon, Axe, Bow, Crossbow, Dagger, Gearcraft, Mace, Spear, Staff, Sword, Thrown Weapons, Unarmed Combat