The QuestFRP Player's Handbook

MAGE SKILLS

ENCHANTMENTS

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Enchantments

There are two basic types of magic items in Quest: Enhanced items and Inscribed items. Inscribed magical items are those that allow the possesser to cast a Mage Spell as if they were a mage. These items are created as described below but, in addition, the Enchanter must know the Enchantment casting style of the particular spell that they wish to place into an item. None of the Spells below are required to make Inscribed items. Enhanced items are those items that have a permanent effect, like pluses to statistics, combat skills, damage absorption and the like. The Enchantment Spell Tree contains the Spells necessary for making the items with these permanent, continual effects.

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Creating an Enchanted Item

The creation of permanent magic item is a relatively straight foward process. The Mage takes the item to be enchanted and either casts the Enchantment style of the spell, or one of the Enhancement Spells below, on the item. The process of casting the Spell includes tracing out the runes of the Spell on the item. After the first successful casting on the item, the faint glowing runes representing the spell will appear on the item. Each successive casting involves casting the spell and tracing the existing runes. The runes will grow brighter with each successful casting. Anyone who knows the Spell being Inscribed or Enhanced into the item may contribute to its creation. Multiple different Inscriptions or Enhancements may be cast on an item at the same time. After 1000 successful castings, the Inscription or Enhancement spell can be completed by "closing" the runes with a final casting of the spell. After the Enchantment is closed, the glowing runes will fade from visible sight, though they will still be visible to those with the Atmospherics Spell or with another means of seeing magic items.

For Inscribed spells, following the above procedure will create an item that can cast the desired spell once per day. To gain the ability to cast the Spell out of the item more than one time per day, the Mage does not close the runes, and continues additional castings. Each 1000 successful castings will add the ability to cast the given spell one additional time. So 5000 successful castings will allow the Inscribed spell to be cast 5 times per day.

To get Enhancements beyond +1 the Mage simply casts the Enhancement spell more times as for Inscriptions, though the progression is different, with each additional +1 costing that number of castings, in addition to the other pluses preceeding it. To make a +3 CR sword, for instance, the mage must cast +1 CR (1000 castings), then +2 CR (additional 2000 castings), then +3 CR (additional 3000 castings) for a total of 6000 castings of the Spell. So while +10 Enhancements are possible, they require 55000 castings of the Spell. A single mage, working 8 hours per day (5 minutes/Spell = 12 Spells/hour * 8 hours = 96 Spells) would take over 2 years to fashion a single +10 item, provided he had enough SPP each day to cast that many spells.

The use of precious metals and/or gems can reduce the number of casting required to create the item. By first tracing out the Spell runes in precious metals, and/or adding precious gems at key points, the total number of castings to create an Enchanted item can be reduced. Each separate Inscription or Enhancement is treated separately. To use precious metals or gems, certain other skills (listed below) are required.

To use precious metals, 1 gram mithril = 2 grams platinum = 4 grams gold = 8 grams silver = -1% casting time, up to a limit of -10%.
Requires:

• DoM 3 Calligraphy for any metal work
• DoM 2 Artist for silver and gold work
• DoM 3 Artist for platinum work
• DoM 4 Artist for mithril work

Gems for Enchantments are divided into two categories, precious and semi-precious gems. Precious gems are traditionally diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires and sometimes opals and pearls. Semiprecious gems are generally colored stones that are more common than those listed above. The price of gems will vary based on a number of variables, so Game Masters should determine a schedule of gem prices for their own particular worlds and campaigns. To use jewels or gems, 1 carat precious gems = 5 carats semi-precious gems = -1% casting time, up to a limit of -10%.
Requires:

• DoM 3 Jeweler to set gems

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Life of Enchanted Items

Enhanced and Inscribed items have no special properties of their own that enhance the physical nature of the target item. An Enhanced sword has a normal chance of breaking when used in combat, and a wooden staff made into a Focus (see below) will eventually rot. To increase the durability of a magical item, or to prevent it from decaying at the normal rate, the item must have at least a +1 Physical Improvement (see below) towards item durability. This effect is directed toward the item, not toward the bearer or any of their possessions. This will slow metal from rusting, wood from decaying, cloth from rotting, etc. For the purposes of aging, each +1 of durability will double the normal life of the item. If a normal wooden staff stored in a damp cellar would last 10 years before rotting and decaying, a +2 durability staff would last for 10 * 2 * 2 = 40 years. An item with +1 durability will reduce the chance of breaking under normal circumstance by -50%. Each successive +1 will reduce that chance by 50% again. Thus a +5 durability sword has only a 3% chance of breaking under normal circumstances, while a +10 durability sword would only break 0.1% of the time.

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