Skill Scale Down 2021

This category of skills has been impacted by the Skill Scale Down. The impact of this for this category of skills is as follows:

• This category of skills has been created.

• A number of existing Crafting Skills have been impacted.

• For issues with existing skills, and how to deal with XP, please see the page Skill Scale Down 2021 for links, information, and a player guide.

• The scope of individual Crafting Skills may now include what was previously covered by other skills, may now include appropriate aspects of what was previously covered by other skills, or may not have been changed. Please ensure that you take each individual skill's scope into account going forward.

• For how individual Crafting Skills have been impacted, see Current Approved Crafting Skills below. Please note that because more skills may be added to this page after the Skill Scale Down 2021, some skills may not have a note about scope.

• Crafting Skills and Art: Please note that the scope of the Art skill includes Painting and Drawing. Other art-related skills, like Glassblowing, Pottery, and Sculpting, are included within the scope of Crafting.

Craft Skills & Design

The Design skill used to be a separate skill. It is now considered an intrinsic part of the skill in question. Garden design is part of gardening, etc. Please take this into account going forward.

Overview

"Crafting" is not a skill in itself. However, the purpose of this category is to make clear how we deal with "craft type" skills. If the skill is written up, such as Art or Woodworking then go with that write-up. However, if it is not written up (such as Bookbinding, Basketweaving) then it is an approved Crafting Skill. Players are able to suggest new Crafting Skills via the PSF. We require only that you let us know what the skill is - and the scope of it. A full-write up is not necessary. It will then be applied to this list. Please note:

• You are more than welcome to submit a write up any Crafting Skill to the Creating the World forum.
• If a skill is NOT on this list, or written up, it must be PSF approved before you can have points in it
• On your CS, the skill should be under it's name so - "Paper Lantern Making" not "Crafting: Paper Lantern Making" and knowledges should be named that way also.

Current Approved Crafting Skills

With A Full Write Up

• Alchemy
  • Please note: The scope of Alchemy has not changed. Please ensure that you take this into account going forward.

• Art
  • Please note: The scope of Art now includes appropriate aspects of what was previously covered by Drawing, Painting and Forgery. Please ensure that you take this into account going forward.

• Brewing
  • The skill of making beers, wines, spirits and other brewed liquids such as speciality teas.
  • Please note: The scope of Brewing now includes appropriate aspects of what was previously covered by Mixology and Vinting. Please ensure that you take this into account going forward.

• Cartography
  • Please note: The scope of Cartography has not changed. Please ensure that you take this into account going forward.

• Cooking
  • Please note: The scope of Cooking now includes what was previously covered by Baking, and appropriate aspects of what was previously covered by Mixology. Please ensure that you take this into account going forward.

• Ensorcelling
  • Please note: The scope of Encorcelling has not changed. Please ensure that you take this into account going forward.

• Jewelry Crafting
  • Please note: The scope of Jewelry Crafting has not changed. Please ensure that you take this into account going forward.

• Needlecraft
  • Please note: The scope of Needlecraft now includes appropriate aspects of what was previously covered by Shoemaking. Please ensure that you take this into account going forward.

• Smithing
  • Please note: The scope of Smithing has not changed. Please ensure that you take this into account going forward.

• Textile Production
  • Please note: The scope of Textile Production has not changed. Please ensure that you take this into account going forward.

• Woodworking
  • Please note: The scope of Woodworking now includes what was previously covered by Fletching and Ship Building. Please ensure that you take this into account going forward.

Without A Full Write Up

• Basket Weaving
  • The skill of making baskets, containers and other items via the weaving of soft material around structural poles. These are woven items (not wooden) and range from simple to highly complex.
  • Please note: The scope of Basketweaving has not changed. Please ensure that you take this into account going forward.
• Bookbinding
  • The skill of making books, paper and printing templates. A wide variety of materials may be used to achieve different results, from basic and simple journals to luxurious and expensive tomes.
  • Please note: The scope of Bookbinding now includes what was previously covered by Printmaking. Please ensure that you take this into account going forward.
• Glassblowing
  • The skill of making things from heated and blown glass.
  • Please note: The scope of Glassblowing has not changed. Please ensure that you take this into account going forward.
• Leather Working
  • The skill of preparing leather for crafting purposes and then using leather in a variety of crafted items such as clothing.
  • Please note: The scope of Leatherworking now includes appropriate aspects of what was previously covered by Tanning and Shoemaking. Please ensure that you take this into account going forward.
• Pottery
  • The skill of making clay items by throwing clay on a potters wheel. Items range from jugs and jars to ornamental pieces.
  • Please note: The scope of Pottery has not changed. Please ensure that you take this into account going forward.
• Sculpting
  • The skill of sculpting stone, clay, marble etc. Creating sculptures both large and small.
  • Please note: The scope of Sculpting has not changed. Please ensure that you take this into account going forward.

Skill Ranks

Novice (0-25)

This represents the point where the character has truly entered the field of this interest. He has discovered, to his dismay, that it was only because those he has seen do this before are so good at it that they made it look easy. Still, he has an innate disdain for quitters, and pushes through his many early failures to enjoy a few successes. These give him the confidence to keep trying. He has also learned to be ready, in the more likely event of failure, to safeguard himself against the backlashes and pitfalls that result from his failures. He may have even been lucky to get this far.

Competent (26-75)

Now it is decision time. Does the character continue to branch off into learning low levels of whole new aspects of the skill, or develop more fully those he has already begun to grow familiar with? He can either secure the knowledge he has gained thus far, and enjoy frequent success therein, or he can gather new concepts, and continue failing more often than not. The former is more commercially viable, but the latter, while more risky, has the greater payoff in the long run.

Expert (76-150)

There is no longer any established branches of this skill that are difficult for this character to succeed at, provided he is still meticulous and acquires all the right materials. As long as he keeps within the accepted parameters of the skill, he pretty much enjoys consistent success. But groundbreaking ideas occasionally distract him. And these pursuits, while innovative and sure to eventually generate great interest, are going to set him back while he develops them. There will be frequent returns to the drawing board with these efforts.

Master (151-250)

It's almost as if the skill was originally developed just for this character to flaunt. He succeeds at everything he does in relation to this skill. Characters come from far and wide to get his endorsements and advice. It is only when he is supremely cocky and overconfident that he might make a mistake. But even then, it has almost the sense of being something he did on purpose, as a gag. It has probably been some time since he had a new idea to develop that was even in the realm of mortal possibility. But such ideas may still be out there. Perhaps an Immortal may even approach him with an idea.

Progressing Crafting

• Capstones
• Grandmasters
• Tier 2 PCs

Crafting Knowledge

The collapsible below has examples of Skill Knowledge for this skill. If you are unsure of what Knowledge is, please check the Knowledge Primer for details. Please remember that our Peer Reviewers will be checking to make sure that your Knowledge claim is appropriate to what you have learned in the thread and ensuring that you are not duplicating knowledge.

A guide to knowledge can be found here (this link takes you to the site) and the person reviewing your thread will do so following the steps laid out in the Peer Reviewer Guide. If you wish to use one of these knowledge in your request, please ensure that it is appropriate to your thread.