Closed The Beginning of the Craft (Clyde)

[Terag]

Terag nodded some, a bit reluctantly. He had gotten too caught up in the moment, but a deal was a deal. He would be able to do something a bit more next time around, but until then he would be sure to focus on this lesson and try to remember it for later. As Clyde went over the process of magecrating, or rather the steps involved, Terag could feel some of his older memories being pulled forward. Mostly the ones of him as a young child watching his father work, but everything seemed to be in order despite some of the energy sometimes seeming to be a bit unstable. In essence it was a simple couple of steps; Set the item on the pedestal, hammer in the change with hammers and djed, then into water. Almost like he was smithing a weapon. “The process really does seem straightforward, sort of similar to blacksmithing right? Except rather than creating something new, we just alter something that already exists? I mean, the ‘altering’ is something different, since rather than changing the way it looks I can modify other things instead like how it does an action or give it a behavior. I mean, I am sure it is a bit more complicated than that but already with the hammers and water I cannot help but think back to it.” Terag furrowed his brow for a moment as he thought about it all, could the process really be that easy? But as Clyde said, the theory itself is straightforward. The actual process is going to be difficult, but perhaps a bit less so than his worries made it seem to be. He did have one more question for Clyde though. “So you said preferably the item is isolated with Glyphing right? Does that mean that you can modify the item without isolating it? I suppose that would be incredibly unsafe, like a human trying to pull metal from the forge without tongs, or maybe a singer practicing their craft without proper care of their throat?” Terag was silent for a moment, and then shook his head before continuing. “Either way, I suppose more so I am curious about what could happen without the Glyphs. What happens to the item then if it is not isolated?”

[Clyde Sullins]

Clyde smiled, looking at the Isur and shaking his head.

“I'm sure if you explained to me right now how to smith, how to make a sword, the steps would seem simple enough. Application though tends to be a bit more complicated. The same is true of Magecrafting as is true of more traditional crafting.”

“As for Glyphing, I always use them, and I advise not working without them. But I suppose technically its possible to work without them, though with added risk. That risk would be of the item not working possibly, or the djed possibly losing cohesion... Violently. Explosively. With lesser items its less of an issue, but as the power of the item gets higher the danger would progressively grow. I'd not attempt it with anything beyond a MC 1 or 2 item, and even then you'd be better off with using Warding.”

“So, if your lucky and something goes wrong, the item won't work. If you aren't so lucky, well then you won't probably be around to regret it.”

“I think that is a good stopping point. We've covered the basics of what you'll need to know for next time. Once the other items are done we can do the crafting. But I'll need to know in advance, and I might need to request a special item to be made for the crafting, so I'll need to know in advance to plan out the lesson and enchantment. I've got an idea for a belt I read about, which you could help with...”

[Terag]

Terag nodded, he supposed it made sense. The glyphing was there for a reason, and as Clyde stated it was definitely for the better if you even wanted a working product. Sort of how even though Terag could shape metal with his hand, he really should use the hammer regardless to make what he wanted. He briefly wondered how many levels of magerafting there could be, but that would be a question for next time as Clyde mentioned this would be their stopping point. "Okay, I suppose that is fair. We have covered so much, although I cannot wait for next time." Terag couldn't help but smile for a moment, before his brows furrowed. "And I will try to let you know when things are almost done with the other items you requested for further training. If you need me to make anything then just let me know. I have a bit of freedom with what I get to make and in what order down at The Ironworks." Terag stretched a bit and smiled a little again before offering his hand for Clyde to shake once more. "Thanks again for the lessons by the way. I really appreciate it, not many people seem to know a whole lot on the topic so its nice that the one I know who does is willing to share a bit. And no worries, no extra add ons to the next items, only and exactly what you asked for." Regardless if Clyde shook his hand or not Terag would wave before turning to make his way out the door and back out into the cold. He couldn't feel it anyways, his mind was racing and full of new information and there was no room to process the temperature.

[Konrad Venger]

Terag XP: Rhetoric - 2 Magecrafting - 6 Observation - 3 Philosophy - 2 Investigation - 3 Lore: Magecrafting: Metallurgy of Djed and Magic Clyde Sullins: A Very Exacting Teacher Magic: Total Understanding is a Bonus, But Not Essential to Using Philosophy: Using Metaphor to Understand the Difficult Investigation: Asking Plenty of Questions during a Lesson Magecrafting: Similarities to Blacksmithing Clyde XP: Investigation - 2 Philosophy - 3 Lore: Magecrafting Item: "Fortitude Belt" Teaching: Time and Patience and Pacing Teaching: Step By Step, Not All at Once Teaching: Returning to Metaphors a Student Can Grasp Additional: - Carved inzentored staff - Etched inzentored stone Shared Lores: Magecrafting: An Item Must be Crafted Exactly to Specifications Magecrafting: Magical Means of Enhancing an Object Five Aspects of Magecrafting: Structure, Behavior, Intellect, Magical Ability, and Gnosis Adaptation Magecrafting: Physical Alterations are Simpler to Accomplish Magecrafting: Behavioral Changes Effect How an Object Interacts with Others Magecrafting: Intelligence is Imbuing and Item with A Mentality; an Ability to Activate Other Abilities through Commands The Nature of Magic: Making the Impossible Possible Philosophy: Magic is a Tool, Like Knowledge, and Can be Used for Good or Evil Magecrafting: The Pedestal, Preferably Quarantined by Glyphing Magecrafting: Charging the Tools involved with Djed Magecrafting: Cooling the Finished Item in Specially Prepared Water Magecrafting with Glyphing: Contains the Djed to Prevent Dangerous Loss of Control Click Me! : Phew! I don't think I've ever given out so many Lores in one thread, but I think these are all justified, given the incredible level of detail Clyde went into here. In fact, Clyde, you may want to PM one of the Founders and have this link included on the Lore Page for Magecrafting. This is the best introduction to that discipline I can imagine. As far as XP goes, of course Terag will get the MAX in Magecrafting, considering Clyde's efforts, but as far as you went, Clyde, I didn't know what else to give. Your own Magecrafting, Teaching, Rhetoric and Observation is all maxed out, so I went with the philosophical points you were using. If you can see anything else you think might be applicable, please let me know. Oh, and please make sure you go back and edit your post in the Request Thread to reflect the fact this one is now done and dusted. PM me with any questions and later 'tater!