Crafting Questions

[Doji Sakura]

If we wanted to do artistic creations, do we have to pay for supplies out of pocket or will there be a way in game to borrow/procure the items? For training purposes of course

Bonus question: Is there a forge in the city?

[Vutall]

If you ask a sensei for materials, they will happily provide you with them. Though, they will likely ask to see what you create later.

As far as the town goes, Hirosaka has multiple forges, but you don't need to go into town:

Like the governor’s estate and the magistrate’s station, the barracks form a walled compound. Several buildings are actual barracks for housing soldiers. Others include a command post a small stable a dōjō and an adjacent, open yard for drilling and training troops; and an armory for storing weapons with an adjacent smithy and workshop for maintaining and repairing equipment. The enclosing wall is stone, but like the wall around the governor’s estate, it is actually more for security than military defense.

[Doji Sakura]

Is there a limit on how much (by value) they will provide?

[Vutall]

Not really. They won't be providing things like Jade, Crystal, Precious Metal, or Gems...but if you want to craft up a suit of armor? They will let you give it a try. After all, part of this is to see if the Empire is properly training their samurai.

[Vutall]

Please place all questions regarding crafting (What materials are used, cost, time, TN, etc) here.

[Kaiu Aiichiro]

In how many hours can a toy be crafted?

[Vutall]

it generally depends on what it is made out of. give me an explanation of what you would like to make and I can get you all the needed information.

[Kaiu Aiichiro]

Something complex in internal mechanisms and made out of wood and metal (when necessary)

[Vutall]

Primarily made of wood with a few metal components (assuming you get the components bought and dont have to forge it yourself) would make it be wood on the TN table. The wood is cheap enough. I'd imagine 3 Zeni. TN 10, and would take 1 hour to carve.

If you don't have the metal components, that's an Engineering roll, TN15.

Metal components like gears and such would be a bit more expensive, around 6 bu. TN15, and would take 1.5 (rounded up to 2) days to create them.

Combining them would be Engineering TN 20, and would be finished after that.

Crafting Rules

[Doji Sakura]

What skill would jewelry making come under?
What trait?

[Vutall]

Artisan: Jeweler
Agility likely, since it's a very dexterous profession.

[Doji Sakura]

Skill request in PF

How is Jewelry with gems going to be worked out for pricing? By the book we have:

Netsuke: Jewelry such as earring, ring, bracelet, etc. Price: 1 bu

This doesn't say what's used in it though - and as we know people often use gems as part of this. So, is the base price for it going to be 1 bu, or do we need to look into some kind of pricing for gems for (say) earrings?

Edit: Sorry some more Crafty ones!

1) How many crafting rolls can you do a day?
2) If it's more than one, does it need to be different projects or can it be the same project (so for example if one took 7 days could I do 2 parts of it in one day to count as a single day?)

[Vutall]

we would need to look at pricing for gems. jade is common and costs 1 koku, so common gemstones would likely be the same. uncommon and rare probably 3 and 5 respectively.

Crafting rolls: it depends on how long an item takes to make. To meet a "Day" worth of work, you need to use 1 thread per in game day. Each timeslot is 2 hours for items that require hours. So, if you had something that takes 4 hours, you could post in two timeslots in a day to make it in that same day, but for something that takes 4 days, you would need to make 1 post in a thread every day for 4 days.

You can't double up on rolls in a day to lower the day cost, its more abstract time representation because it's no fun having all your posts in a day slot being ate up by rolls instead of fun threads.

[Doji Sakura]

What skill for making fans? I assume tessens are under weapons, but normal paper/silk ones?

[Vutall]

warfans are weaponsmithing.

I guess since we have artisan: Ofuda as a specific thing, we could have Artisan: Court Fans. Though if you want a design on it other than just a pre-made material/pattern, you'd need to also do an artisan painting or artisan: tailoring.

[Doji Sakura]

warfans are weaponsmithing.

I guess since we have artisan: Ofuda as a specific thing, we could have Artisan: Court Fans. Though if you want a design on it other than just a pre-made material/pattern, you'd need to also do an artisan painting or artisan: tailoring.

Trait for court fans?

[Vutall]

Int or Awa

[Doji Sakura]

The Jade tanto is using four fingers of Jade. Would there be enough waste/leftover to make some windchimes? If so, what would the TN/time to make be for them?

[Vutall]

No waste really. You get enough to make some jade dust. Say....4 doses.

[Doji Sakura]

Hmm...

Could I make a windchime and have the Jade dust used in it like a sparkly coating?