Preproduction of Goods

Preproduction of Goods

Before each event you should let the logistics staff know what items you will be crafting and producing by filling out the preproduction form.

This form lists the different ways your character might typically create new items and asks you to list what items you want to make. Filling the form out makes it much easier for logistics members to create the fairly sizable list of different things the player base create each event.

When you check-in to the event, logistics will confirm that you have the necessary crafting or production points, you will pay any associated costs (and turn in any consumables used to create the items) and then you can pick up the paperwork for your items. If a new item is a magic item, the logistics personnel will give you the number to mark it with an item code so that other players can use identify magic on it later.

It is the players responsibility to bring (and pay for) any necessary props such as potion vials (which are available at the desk for cost - 3 for $1), weapons, or clothing. These created items are almost always lootable.

The very first event that a character either crafts and/or produces goods there is no coin cost for those goods, even if this is not the characters first event. This only occurs once (i.e. if a player crafts for the first time one event, then produces for the first time at a later event, they will have already gotten their first time free when they crafted). A character can craft or produce during the same event they pick up the skills to do so with new skill points.

Related Rules

Production Points and Related Skills

Production points are used to create consumables such as potions, scrolls, and alchemical compounds. A character only spends production points when you first check-in for an event. In order to create items you'll have to learn to use the preproduction system. Characters can purchase additional production points each event for 3 coin per point (this includes the cost to use these points to produce items). Some items may also be turned in at check-in for additional production points.

Tinkering is used with production points for the creation of trap tags which are consumed by traps when they go off.

Characters are restricted to a cap of 20 production points from all sources.

Craft Points and Related Skills

Craft points are used with the ornamenter skill to craft magic objects, with the weaponsmith skill to craft enhanced weapons, and the tinker skill to creating tinkering items. A character only spends crafting points when you first check-in for an event. In order to create items you'll have to learn to use the pre-production system. Unlike production points you may not purchase additional crafting points at check-in.

Spells (generally only third level and lower) can be imbued into magic objects to create per event items with one use per event. The spell being imbued must be known by the character crafting that object or be provided by a consumable such as a scroll (the character must be able to read magic to use a scroll). Other characters, or other imbued items do not count as providing access to a spell.

Characters are capped at a total of 20 crafting points from all sources.

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