Forging (skill)

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
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.