From:	Brian Moore <mooreb@****.FAC.COM>
Subject:	Re: Talismongering
Date:	Tue, 5 May 1998 09:58:24 -0400

"Roger J. An" <rogan@******.ORG> said:
>
> Does anyone use the Enchanting skill and talismonger things on a regular
> basis for their characters? Was just wondering how many people use it. A
> PC in my campaign just got an enchanting at 6 and I've been having to
> refamiliarize myself with the rules.

Yep, my mage also has an Enchanting of 6. He is the enchanter in his
initiatory group, and has made a fair number of foci for everyone.
He also uses enchanting to make fetishes for his spells, many of which
require expendable fetishes.

> One thing did come up however. Where in the Grimoire does it say how many
> units of material you need to make any of the focuses (power,spell,etc.)?

The only requirement is that Orichalcum is needed for weapon foci. It
never states exactly how much Orichalcum is required, so our group
settled on (reach)+1. This closely mirrors the price and the little
note on anchoring damaging manipulation spells to weapon foci (you can
anchor a higher damage level damaging manipulation spell to a weapon
focus if it has reach+1 units of Orichalcum). We also decided that
this Orichalcum doesn't count towards reducing the enchanting roll or
First Bonding karma cost. YMMV.

There is another optional rule about "special bits" needed for higher
force foci (if d6 <= focus rating). Otherwise, radicals just make the
enchanting easier (faster) and reduce the First Bonding karma cost.
They are not required, but they are highly recommended.

BTW, I recommend changing the price on radicals. Any talismonger with
an enchanting kit can gather raw materials and convert them to refined
materials. But it takes someone who is magically active (I think) with
an enchanting shop 28 days to make a handful of radicals from refined
materials. A good & lucky enchanter can make around 15 radical units
in a month. If he was making radical lead, that would be 900 nY profit
with the prices in the Grimoire.

I'd recommend a price of (refined)+2000nY or so. That's enough for
a good enchanter to live the high life, spending 1 month out of 3
enchanting. And it means your PC Mage will actually be spending money
on something other than lifestyle.

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