Forging (skill)
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Forging is the skill of creating a wide assortment of weapons and armour, ranging from the chipped-obsidian throwing dagger, to the venerable longsword, to impressive suits of fieldplate armour.
Skill | Rank | Percent | Description |
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Smelting | Inept | 0% | Smelt forged items and recover some of the materials. |
Repairing | Inept | 0% | Extend the life of worn items. |
Club | Inept | 0% | A crude bludgeoning weapon. |
Buckler | Inept | 33% | The smallest shield. |
Breadpan | Inept | 66% | A useful cooking utensil. |
Dirk | Novice | 0% | A weapon made for stabbing. |
Spear | Novice | 33% | The standard weapon of the footman. |
Pieplate | Novice | 66% | A plate for baking pie. |
Leatherarmour | Apprentice | 0% | A suit of leather armour. |
Cookiesheet | Apprentice | 33% | A steel sheet for baking cookies. |
Halberd | Apprentice | 66% | The simplest of the polearms. |
Cavalry | Capable | 0% | A small shield, but more effective than the buckler. |
Pot | Capable | 25% | A cast-iron cooking pot. |
Cauldron | Capable | 50% | Cauldrons suitable for fermenting. |
Shortsword | Capable | 75% | A smaller version of the longsword. |
Mace | Adept | 0% | The Basilican maces. |
Ringmail | Adept | 25% | Armour composed of overlapping rings of metal. |
Pastrypan | Adept | 50% | A pan for making fine pastries. |
Axe | Adept | 75% | The handaxe; made for throwing. |
Bardiche | Skilled | 0% | Another polearm. More complicated than the halberd. |
Crozier | Skilled | 0% | A ritualistic implement used by desertfolk. |
Dagger | Skilled | 25% | Obsidian throwing daggers. |
Banded | Skilled | 50% | A shield of reasonable effectiveness. |
Kettle | Skilled | 75% | A heavy kettle with a lid. |
Whip | Gifted | 0% | A length of leather with a fine iron tip. |
Talons | Gifted | 25% | Steel talons to equip falcons with. |
Morningstar | Gifted | 50% | An iron ball connected to a handle by a chain. |
Scalemail | Gifted | 75% | Armour made of overlapping scales of metal and leather. |
Warhammer | Expert | 0% | A large bludgeoning weapon. |
Rapier | Expert | 25% | The weapon of the cultured urbanite. |
Javelin | Expert | 50% | Nothing hurts quite as much as being hit by a javelin. |
Kite | Expert | 75% | A large, protective shield. |
Flail | Virtuoso | 0% | A wicked-looking variation on a morningstar. |
Chainmail | Virtuoso | 25% | Armour made of interlocking rings of metal. |
Trident | Virtuoso | 50% | Oftentimes the favourite weapon of gladiators. |
Battleaxe | Virtuoso | 75% | Favoured weapon of the mountain dwarves. |
Tower | Fabled | 0% | The largest and most cumbersome shield. |
Splintmail | Fabled | 25% | Good armour made of strips of metal and leather. |
Bastard | Fabled | 50% | The famous Delosian bastard swords. |
Lance | Fabled | 75% | The traditional weapon of the mounted knight. |
Scimitar | Mythical | 0% | A very effective curved sword favoured in the south. |
Fieldplate | Mythical | 25% | The most common, but still very good, form of platemail. |
Broadsword | Mythical | 50% | A popular variation on the longsword. |
Longsword | Mythical | 75% | The standard against which all is based. |
Fullplate | Transcendent | 0% | The most magnificent armour. See AB FORGING FULLPLATE. |