#skysmith

[regal-bones]

The Skysmith’s Rod, of charred wood and blinding lightning for @the-bearded-hylian 🌩️🪵 thank you again for commissioning me :} I had so much fun with this !

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[wirrrp]

Occasionally I go into what I like to call “hermit mode”, where I retreat from 99% of social contact and chill while rebuilding my capability to interact with people.  It comes and goes in waves, and I will be back.  Just thought I’d give a general heads up -- No real life emergencies, just brain fog.

[carnivalsoration]

top 5 people you haven't fucked yet but want to

ya know, i dunno. once someone says no they're just off my list.

... ya know what. sure. this is purely hypothetical and i don't intend to act on it in any way. BUT.

skysmith. chai. theo. eridan makara, but purely so i can make him shut up. aaaand. porrim. in no particular order.

yeah that's about all i got. they all rank at least one above the casual interest I have for most people.

[crimsongarbage]

(( Sorry for the timing, a housemate just got back to me about a snack run -- I’ll be back within 30 minutes, and then back to conversations.  Thank you to all the new followers! :D ))

[good-copy-bad-copy-blog]

Request by SkySmith

[scottskysmith]

SkySmith Seminars Online!

SkySmith Seminars Online!

The SUN ‘n FUN Home Edition 2020 is hosting one of  Scott SkySmith Seminars online.  SkySmith’s seminars were provided to SUN ‘n FUN by the Cessna Owners and Piper Owners groups (part of JP Media).

“The SUN ‘n FUN Home Edition 2020 is all the parts of the annual Aerospace Expo that attendees have come to know and love and a whole lot more”, says Greg Gibson, Chief…

[anabiosisdiscarnate]

> Meet someone. In person. Anyone.

> Yeah that’s. That’s something you should do maybe.

> You don’t know who, though, it’s not like you have a huge contact list. Arlequin you’re suspicious of, Skysmith you don’t know enough about yet, Darkleer seems nice but you don’t want to get all weird on him, Caesurae is that times a billion. No obvious good options. Or good options at all, really.

> God, fuck this, why are you even overthinking things. You’re a luck goddess, you have luck, and that’s what you should be leaving this too.

> Pick the direction that feels best, start sailing that way, nothing can possibly go wrong with this.

[centaursreticle]

@artisticgeminate

D --> It is a pleasure to make your hypothetical aquaintance

D --> I am the Skysmith Zahhak, primarily concerned with civil maintenance engineering, and I see you have met my kismesis

[bytedown]

==> Be warned

flippinoptimist so you know theres some stuff goin on w/ sugaryexcess

bytedown aye?

flippinoptimist that account is currently bein used by a horrorterror that hangs out w/ the usual person in charge a the account

bytedown I read back enough ta know its a terror

flippinoptimist the avatar is a picture of the usual person

bytedown good ta know

flippinoptimist and shes an alternate of the Empress that everyone in prosperity gets pissy about

bytedown now thats somethin I didn' know goin ta get me in shit if I keep talkin ta them?

flippinoptimist shrug, dudes talk to whoever shes banned from visitin your universe Ever, though.

bytedown they can do that?

flippinoptimist sparks can he keeps a lotta people like her out, but shes the only one with an active, individual "Not You Ever" ban that i know about but like, im technically inclade, shes my kismesis's rail's matesprit, and i am also the moirail of sparks's brother, so like

bytedown whats she done

flippinoptimist shit gets all woven together uh, well, had a couple empires, drove em into the ground, habitually tortured and murdered people like shes hypothetically tryin to stop but who knows how thats goin.  it was a big deal recently when she gave up an empire to just go be a normal person for a while.

bytedown ..ah

flippinoptimist theres specific dudes that she really likes collectin alternates of as pets

bytedown seems like a fair good reason, that ta keep her out now why's the lass not allowed in,  Vriska?

flippinoptimist to include all members of sparks' bloodline and the teashop guy's bloodline

flippinoptimist sparks cursed sugary to be mortal now.  so, at least, if shes a bitch and you manage to kill her shell stay down.  but maybe shes fine now!  maybe.  be uh, edgy, about that.  is all i meant. vriska tho

flippinoptimist aight so in your universe the vriska there was the Thief of Light

bytedown th' dead goddess?

flippinoptimist yeah long story short when she and sparks and sparks's red brother grew up, she used mind control to make them explode their girlfriend so they dont like her also she crippled like two or three other gods

bytedown as far as reasons for grudges go thats a fair good one

flippinoptimist and i think mighta gotten one killed

flippinoptimist anyway theyre naut so sure she's a "team player", and they have that grudge, so uh yeah, in-universe vriska got killed, and other-universe vriskas get side-eyed hard im p shore that vriska also murdered the same kinda girl the same kinda way, and crippled their version of the page of breath

bytedown I keep wantin ta be upset about th' things Artifex does an you're makin that hard

flippinoptimist lol like, captors get kinda shouty sometimes, and they turn on a dime, but they got reasons and they come to real accurate conclusions real fast i think your vriska might also have been involved in the skysmith's moirail bein dead

bytedown I've got issue with th' 'accuracy' claim considerin my position

flippinoptimist sometimes vriskas go around tryin to organise armies of ghosts to fight a big monster thing, and then the ghosts die a second time and are permanently destroyed, and she doesnt care, and that happened to skys moirail you have a very good point

flippinoptimist captors do okay on a lot of things, just apparently naut pixies

bytedown hmph

flippinoptimist i oughta scold him some

bytedown you're sure he wont just get more short with us if y' do?

flippinoptimist bein good is super important, and we both value that and i have significantly more explosives than he does which is naut generally a significant factor but i dont get ignored or spited a lot and its pretty nice

bytedown th' terrors about ta out me

flippinoptimist can you make it into a dick joke cause like, you got it where it counts apparently

flippinoptimist and lurkys fuckin tastin it so

bytedown it can sense I'm immortal an I don know how in th' fuck its doin it

flippinoptimist the reach is naut far

bytedown fuckin gods, all've you are cheaters

flippinoptimist if it helps im just smart!

bytedown I'll see about makin it a dick joke

flippinoptimist i think lurky is a tiny bottled piece of a really big thing that exists outside of time so sometimes data leaks or senses are weird

bytedown both is likely I'm thinkin

[amicicidalgambler]

( ⌒o⌒)人(⌒-⌒ )

( ⌒o⌒)人(⌒-⌒ ) = Friends the character has or would like to make 

FRIENDSHIP TIER LIST GO:

best tier: equius

good tier: huntress, darkleer, velius, psii, pzii

mid tier: skysmith, ringleader, meenah

eh tier: cae, sugary, arlequin, xanthe

‘please help me’ tier: felide, aradia

i dont think theres anybody shes seen that she wants to be friends with though?

...maybe pink karkat hes Relatable

[liohart-blog]

@centaursreticle reblogged your post and added: “@begrudginglybehooved || @centaursreticle || @p1x1est1x ||...”

It is a pleasure to meet you, Lio

For similar reasons I am usually known as Sky, or the Skysmith

I have a weak spot for them And for hooved creatures, even above my respect for all animal life

that’s such a cool name!!! :00 :00 :00 i love it! hi sky!!

huh - noted! :DD i can appreciate that. hoofbeasts are so strong! i know a few, they’re pretty stubborn but when a job needs doing, they’re willing! it’s nice to see another animal lover :33

[wirrrp]

Psychoanalyzing my muses’ relationship problems: Skysmith

Honestly it’s mostly the inertia.  He is very very very very voidy, and needs to back off of that a bit.  Once he has decided something is A Thing, it stays that way until moved by a ridiculously powerful outside source.

All of his quadrants were acquired in his backstory, and I’ll be shocked if he ever quads anyone he’s been courting for less than ten (real life) years.

He has allowed himself to be seduced by all of one person in the four plus years I’ve played him, despite having no intrinsic objections to the practice -- and he did it to get information out of her, so he could find his quadrant.

He just...   He latches onto people and never lets go.

Maybe if he could let go of Nepeta, and Gamzee, and possibly invest in a flush quadrant, it would work out better.

[palteringcecutiency]

> Psii: Obtain a crush.

methodicalauxilium »- I have been told you and Caesurae had an altercation -> »- And I have gathered that it ended with him falling off a roof and getting soaked -> »- Is there any chance you w001d get anything out of talking to a largely unbiased party -> »- He didn't say anything other than pointing out that the event had occurred and you were involved, for the record ->

palteringcecutiency Ah. Yes. Good evening, Horuss. He is correct, it certainly did happen.

methodicalauxilium »- I w001d be utterly baffled if it had not -> »- Are you well ->

palteringcecutiency I'm sure there could be a reason for it. I am alright, yes. Rather uneager for anything exciting to happen for the next perigee but alright all the same.

methodicalauxilium »- I see -> »- I suppose you're also uneager to talk about the why ->

palteringcecutiency I'm surprised you didn't find out from him.

methodicalauxilium »- He seemed unwilling to dwell -> »- It took a fair amout to get him to tell me you were involved at all -> »- And the e%change of gossip that will no doubt be annoying later to hear relayed ->

palteringcecutiency ...well. That's... certainly unexpected.

methodicalauxilium »- I think it seems perfectly like Cronus to not dwell on bad things if he can at all help it -> »- And he may have wanted to avoid telling me that one of my few friends got in an altercation with another ->

palteringcecutiency I suppose, though it's hardly against his nature to whine when given the opportunity.

methodicalauxilium »- Ah, you do have a point -> »- I believe I w001d need to know more about the e%act circumstances before I c001d further divine his motives ->

palteringcecutiency Yes, I suppose you would. Data hardly hurts when rooting out motive.

methodicalauxilium »- Indeed -> »- Am I likely to get data? ->

palteringcecutiency ...possibly. It depends on what data you're looking for, as always.

methodicalauxilium »- My current amount of data is close to null, so one c001d argue that any w001d be useful -> »- However, I believe it w001d be best to start with a why, and work our way from there ->

palteringcecutiency Why is hardly anything unusual. Regrettable things were said on both sides, tempers got heated.

methodicalauxilium »- And then what happened? ->

palteringcecutiency What usually happens when tempers get heated, fists got involved until the simmering ceased.

methodicalauxilium »- How often does your heated temper involve fists, e%actly? ->

palteringcecutiency You should ask Makara how many fights he dragged me out of on Beforus.

methodicalauxilium »- I see -> »- Did his fists get involved? -> »- I presume it wasn't supposed to end with him falling off a roof ->

palteringcecutiency ...no, that was unplanned, until it happened.

methodicalauxilium »- I see -> »- Until it happened meaning it was intentional in the moment ->

palteringcecutiency ...an opportunity presented itself, and I did not take the time to consider it fully.

methodicalauxilium »- I see -> »- And he fought back? ->

palteringcecutiency ...that was my intention, but he chose not to, for his own reasons, and it ended quickly regardless.

methodicalauxilium »- Did he deserve, in your opinion, to find himself taking a swan dive into the water from the top of a building? ->

palteringcecutiency ...I've had a lot of opinions during this matter, which are you speaking of?

methodicalauxilium »- The one you hold at this moment, as opposed to the one you held while actively angry -> »- Do you believe he, in a phrase, 'had it coming' ->

palteringcecutiency ...that is honestly a difficult answer. Or perhaps complicated is a better word.

methodicalauxilium »- Apologies -> »- W001d it be too much to ask how? ->

palteringcecutiency Far too many variables granted by the gift of hindsight, though I suppose some might frown at me for overthinking things.

methodicalauxilium »- Then you have mi%ed feelings ->

palteringcecutiency Would that apply to multiple very strong opinions that contradict each other?

methodicalauxilium »- Yes -> »- I am in fact almost completely sure that is e%actly where they apply ->

palteringcecutiency Then yes, I am the postergrub apparently.

methodicalauxilium »- And at least one of those feelings w001d be satisfa%ion -> »- Supposition, of course ->

palteringcecutiency I have never denied that I am a terrible person, and that fact remains true.

methodicalauxilium »- I disagree -> »- But you are definitely flawed ->

palteringcecutiency Exceedingly flawed, you mean.

methodicalauxilium »- Aren't we all ->

palteringcecutiency Hardly.

methodicalauxilium »- Your flaws are in greater quantity or severity than the average? ->

palteringcecutiency Both, obviously.

methodicalauxilium »- I feel it w001d be unreasonable to ask you to list them -> »- But I must confess to curiosity ->

palteringcecutiency Lord, it would be, there's not enough time to list all of them, but that just means I have nowhere to start. Should I go with the part where I only have friends by holding them far enough away that they can't tell what they've befriended, or the fact that me of all fucking people is who the Signless considers a brother, probably because he's so ridiculously forgiving.

methodicalauxilium »- You seem to be stating that one of your flaws is having flaws, and another of your flaws is the fact that Kankri is flawed ->

palteringcecutiency And you seem to be simplifying things to make a point that doesn't exist. I'm saying I am such a mockery to the Signless's teachings that the only reason Kankri keeps me around is because he loves /everyone/ and the only reason everyone else suffers through my existence is because there's enough distance so they may stay in denial.

methodicalauxilium »- My point was that you were being vague -> »- And I think my point still remains for the most part -> »- How do you mock the Signless's teachings? -> »- And just what is it that we must all be in denial about? ->

palteringcecutiency I wasn't being /vague/, I was assuming you didn't need your hand held though basic logical connections.

methodicalauxilium »- My mistake -> »- Sh001d I cease asking questions ->

palteringcecutiency Contrary to popular belief, drawing out a detailed diagram about exactly how awful I am as a person isn't what I'd consider the highlight of my night, especially considering I'm a selfish hypocrite and not planning on shoving anyone fool enough to socialize with me away.

methodicalauxilium »- I did say you were not obliged to answer -> »- And I have never assumed anyone to be anything other than a selfish hypocrite -> »- And I believe, sir, that you just called me a f001 ->

palteringcecutiency Congratulations on your continued ability to read.

methodicalauxilium »- No one calls me a f001 -> »- Many other things, but not that -> »- What makes me f001ish ->

palteringcecutiency You're not really making a case to the contrary, you know. You associating with me willingly and considering me a friend, obviously. Unless you've other plans tucked up your sleeve that make dealing with me worth it.

methodicalauxilium »- You are an objectively good friend, at least as of late ->

palteringcecutiency I delightedly threw someone off a roof because he tried to help me wrong. How the fuck is that anywhere near an 'objectively good friend.'

methodicalauxilium »- I didn't know you considered Caesurae a friend ->

palteringcecutiency ...it's complicated.

methodicalauxilium »- I am selfish and hypocritical, so I don't care about your relationship with Caesurae as much as I do yours with me -> »- One of the many things we have in common, which makes you objectively good to talk to -> »- And you helped me when you didn't have to, in a situation where it is doubtful anyone else w001d have been able to help in any significan fashion -> »- That seems objectively good to me ->

> A remarkably long pause.

palteringcecutiency You like. Actually /like/. That I'm a hypocrite and selfish.

methodicalauxilium »- I didn't say that necessarily -> »- But it is certainly relatable, and it is reassuring to know I am not the only one ->

palteringcecutiency ...you are most certainly not the only one.

methodicalauxilium »- Yes, you're probably right -> »- But so few people come right out and say it -> »- Such a thing is admirable, in its way ->

palteringcecutiency Admirable.

methodicalauxilium »- Yes ->

palteringcecutiency /How/.

methodicalauxilium »- I enjoy your upfront demeanor, it seems to encourage me to do the same in ways I w001d not normally be so inclined to be ->

palteringcecutiency My upfront demeanor. Are you quite alright.

methodicalauxilium »- Yes ->

palteringcecutiency I remain doubtful of that, seeing as you are suffering from quite /intense hallucinations/.

methodicalauxilium »- I didn't say you don't keep numerous secrets -> »- But when you have something you want said, you say it like a shovel to the face ->

palteringcecutiency I suppose.

methodicalauxilium »- Not to mention how many other things we have in common that I have yet to discover with anyone else ->

palteringcecutiency ...like what?

methodicalauxilium »- Caesurae and Arlequin apparently went insane, while deceased -> »- Perhaps I did, but I was comfortable with it -> »- I haven't e%actly gone seeking for people to confide in with this partic001ar inclination, but your preference to the bubbles is definitely reminiscent of my own ->

palteringcecutiency ...ah. Yes. Well.

methodicalauxilium »- As well, I have not talked with anyone who -> »- Identifies so clearly with wanting to be something else -> »- Other than, I suppose, Skysmith ->

palteringcecutiency ...I admit, it is somewhat nice to know someone understands, instead of worries.

methodicalauxilium »- It is -> »- I appreciate it, and you ->

palteringcecutiency Mm.

methodicalauxilium »- Does that really seem so f001ish? ->

palteringcecutiency ...honestly, a bit yes, but the risk seems at least understandable now, if that is what your reward is.

methodicalauxilium »- The reward is significant, yes ->

palteringcecutiency ...then I suppose you should continue.

methodicalauxilium »- Oh, definitely ->

palteringcecutiency I'm glad. That you will.

methodicalauxilium »- Are you alright? ->

palteringcecutiency ...yes, I think I am.

methodicalauxilium »- Good -> »- Have you been getting plentiful use out of my gifts? ->

palteringcecutiency I have, yes. The automated ones in particular. It's been rather... busy. Lately.

methodicalauxilium »- At least in the last night, yes -> »- I am glad to have been able to make something helpful, I had hoped it w001d bring you peace of mind -> »- Has anything else of note been occupying your time? ->

palteringcecutiency It has definitely done that, thank you again. I've mostly been spending my time being very quiet and unobtrusive, for the sake of the cats adjusting.

methodicalauxilium »- I am glad to hear it -> »- Are they adjusting well? ->

palteringcecutiency They are, I've caught them exploring here and there, it's delightful watching them get around.

methodicalauxilium »- I am sure it is -> »- For the record, though I don't know how much you will care -> »- I am not angry at you for attacking Caesurae ->

palteringcecutiency ...I am unsure why you are not, but Thank you.

methodicalauxilium »- Mostly because he can take a lot of damage -> »- But also because everyone else probably is and it w001d be pointless to add one more person on top of it ->

palteringcecutiency I admit, I laughed. ...there's been surprisingly few, and I am unsure why. Most likely because there are only a handful that know, but

methodicalauxilium »- Probably -> »- Also I w001d be mad if Caesurae initiated, so there is that ->

palteringcecutiency Oh?

methodicalauxilium »- Yes -> »- You have reason, he does not ->

palteringcecutiency I am remarkably sure Cronus has a long list of reasons, as I have existed in his proximity for more than two minutes.

methodicalauxilium »- May I speak frankly? ->

palteringcecutiency > Delete an ‘of course’ you didn’t mean to type. ...yes.

methodicalauxilium »- One must be careful to make sure of where one directs their aggression -> »- The more privileged placing their aggression on the less is a gross misdire%ion of energy and I find it makes me incredibly annoyed -> »- While you no longer face that imbalance of power, your past with him is rooted in it, and you can be forgiven for reacting more easily to things he sh001d take in stride -> »- Not every circumstance w001d be deserving of my automatic ire, sh001d he begin the confrontation, but I can think of few that w001d not ->

palteringcecutiency Why is literally everyone so /intent/ on dragging our history in where it doesn't belong, /especially/ to give me a pat on the head like I didn't fucking smear the butt of his gun across his face. I'm /perfectly capable/ of being a monumental nookgash without hiding behind shit he did to me as a /wiggler/.

methodicalauxilium »- Oh, you hit him with the butt of his gun -> »- Do you want me to be mad? -> »- I c001d be mad, if you really wanted me to -> »- I c001d point out what you already know, and already regret -> »- I c001d make you defensive and make you convinced I will always side with Caesurae just because I happen to have talked to him more on Alternia -> »- But everything I c001d say w001d be redundant at best to what you already have been told or have told yourself -> »- I w001d be more annoyed with you if all you felt was satisfa%ion -> »- And I will likely be at least a little annoyed if something like this were to happen again -> »- Though I don't know if you will partic001arly care -> »- And if you can completely e%tricate your past with Caesurae from every intera%ion you have with him, then I will be glad to never bring it up again -> »- Saying 'wiggler' as if the passage of time sh001d make it less important is a gross disservice on your part, because that is when patterns of behavior are first formed -> »- I am not saying that you sh001d be completely forgiven for every wrong you do to him -> »- I am saying your a%ions are understandable, while I can not think of a circumstance where he decides to attack you that w001d be -> »- You have been through a learning e%perience, and he himself has said he isn't hurt -> »- Ne%t time this happens, if it does, I will be disappointed -> »- For now, I am just glad that neither of you are permanently harmed, and that you see what you did was at least somewhat injust ->

palteringcecutiency ...I I'm sorry.

methodicalauxilium »- Sorry -> »- What for e%actly? ->

palteringcecutiency ...for focusing on the wrong part of things, I making you mad is not what I want.

methodicalauxilium »- You need not apologize -> »- I am not angry, just somewhat frustrated -> »- And less so, now -> »- Words are difficolt, and sometimes things must be e%plained further for the sake of clarity ->

palteringcecutiency ...they can be, yes.

methodicalauxilium »- I care about you, and your e%periences with him -> »- Discounting them and relying too heavily on them are both an unfair rea%ion to the both of you -> »- But I w001d rather err on the side that takes your e%periences into account, rather than condemning you for your emotions -> »- Emotions that you have every right to have ->

palteringcecutiency I suppose that's ...thank you.

methodicalauxilium »- Of course ->

palteringcecutiency c:

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[dailycharacteroption]

Third-Partystravaganza 5: Artisan (Base Class; Drop Dead Gaming)

Magic items have always been a big part of any fantasy setting. I’ve already spoken a bit on how to make discovering that useful magic item feel special (Back in my roleplay ramblings about combat styles!), but today, we’re going to focus on those that create said items.

Most any caster of spells can create magic items, and heck, even some non-magical crafters can get in on the fun, creating magic items by raw skill alone, albeit within a much narrower field of focus.

Back in past editions of the world’s oldest roleplaying game, there was a class built specifically for the creation of magic items: the Artificer, who channeled the majority of their magical talent into creating such items.

Of course, the artificer was not open content, so it only makes the jump to pathfinder by way of conversion. However, Drop Dead Gaming has given us another option in the form of their artisan class from a supplement of the same name. While it’s clearly not the same class, it shares enough in common with the artificer to make it pretty clear that this is DDG’s attempt to recreate the class using a more pathfinder-appropriate design scheme. What remains the same is how their abilities revolve around their creations.

 Master crafters, these artisans may not be able to cast spells, but their myriad knowledge of how such spells are used in crafting allows them to apply that knowledge to crafting. So long as they are skilled enough to “know” the spell, they can create such items without worrying about the process being more difficult.

Drawing upon a similar pool of arcane power to a magus, artisans can apply enhancements to combat-related equipment, albeit in a less specialized way, boosting and granting various enchantments not only to weapons, but also armor and shields. Furthermore, they can do this to the equipment of allies from a distance to aid them.

As one might expect, part of their training is devoted to learning as many different crafting feats as possible, drawing from an ever-expanding list, even including ones from outside the core rules.

What really sets artificers apart, however, is their ability to draw upon a magical reserve when crafting items, effectively trading raw magical essence in exchange for expensive material components normally required to help bind magic to the item. Of course they can’t replace all of the item’s cost with this essence, but it helps. Also, this pool does not regularly regenerate, but instead returns even fuller and deeper whenever they reach a new threshold of understanding. They do, however, also learn to disenchant items later, consuming the magic within to restore some of their essence.

Though their myriad of techniques only grows in depth and diversity with time, everyone has to start somewhere, and often has a favored material they like to work with, creating items faster from said materials, and gaining a myriad of abilities associated with each, such as protection powers for clothiers, mastery over traps and constructs with clockmakers, altering the properties and shape of metal with metallurgists and blacksmiths, and so on.

They also have access to a wide array of abilities that they can pick and choose from, ranging from adding new magical properties they can apply to objects, calling objects to their hand, gaining mastery over clockwork constructs to the point of making clockwork versions of other types of said animated creatures, and mastery over various other types of magic items.

It is common for these mystical craftsfolk to create homunculus familiars, often incorporating elements of their preferred craft into their design.

Regardless of whether they learn to craft more complex constructs, these artisans to learn how to create basic animated objects, and can even improve them, often building mobile frames or simple clockworks which they bring to life.

Storing so many items can be a hassle, so these crafters learn to hide away items in an astral cache they can summon to themselves. Later on, they can even summon individual items from it without bringing the rest.

Even staves bow to the will of these mystics, using their mastery to determine their power even though they are not true casters, and using their reserves of enchantment to power the spells.

Occasionally an enchantment would work better on another item, and these mystics have learned to move and even trade out enchantments from one source to the other.

Near the zenith of their power, these crafters perfect a magnum opus, a true minor artifact that they have been working at for a long time. What’s more, that breakthrough has opened up the secrets of artifact creation to them without mythic power, though doing so requires exceptional methods, forging said items in places of primal power, or collecting ingredients that cannot be found in any shop.

The most powerful artisans learn one final technique that enhances their powers, which varies by the individual. Some further master the speed and cost-efficiency of their creations, others can generate massive amounts of raw materials, enchant their own bodies, master wielding multiple wands or magic staves, or becoming a living spell battery, picking and choosing spells to utilize.

Interested in reliving the fun of the 3.5 artificer? Want a mystical craftsperson capable of using nearly all magic items, not to mention making them for a fraction of the cost in gold? This may be the class for you. There’s as many ways to build these as there are magic items. Perhaps you want a pseudo-caster with a wand for every situation, or maybe a botanist-brewer with potions and elixers galore, as well a plant monsters via the Grow Plant Creature, or an armored mystic whose weapon and armor enchantments are constantly changing to match the situation? The fact that the majority of their abilities rely on the resources of their essence pool and gold makes them a very money-focused class, of course, and that can be abused by them finding excuses to take extra downtime just to make money selling items. So keep that in mind.

 This seems to me like a very primal form of exploring magic, able to craft items with any spell, regardless of source, given they are powerful enough to know the crafting lore associated with each spell level. However, they themselves are no casters. So the question is, which came first, the artificer, or the mage? I lean towards the latter, for while artificers defy most casting, they are still reliant on so many things associated with spells. Perhaps in your setting it is different?

  One of the technological capitols of the world, Trodiet is famous for not only its mass-produced machines, but also its “artisan machine” line, amazing robots that combine arcane lore of old with the best science can offer. Each one is hand-crafted by one woman: Disiera Ardelay, the brilliant inventor. Though a gift to mortal science, there are many, from envious rivals to anti-science activists, who would see her dead.

 The Grove of Alkenor, named after the cerynitis that died defending it, it tended to by a lone druid and artisan who never reveals their name, instead spending all their time brewing potions and growing plant guardians from the local flora, all to protect the sacred place from interlopers, and to fund the local circle and its activities.

 Some of the most famous artifacts of the age were all crafted by a single person, the so-called Skysmith, whose identity has faded from history, but their impact remains. When a party member inherits The Skysmith’s Journal, they can embark on a quest to uncover their greatest creations, all while others greedily seek them for their own ends.

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At the banquet! #su16shine #makingGoodBOLDER #SHINE #skysmith (at Gaylord Palms Hotel And Convention Center)

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Sky Smith - Sarah Jane Adventures