Woodworking = fun! (long)

[HR-Hunter]

Here's a few examples of woodworking in use

>glanc hun
You glance at your hands.
You are holding a hatchet in your right hand and a wooden limb in the left.

>cut lim to block
You hack at your wooden limb with your hatchet.

>Roundtime: 6 sec.
cut lim to block
You hack at your wooden limb with your hatchet.

>Roundtime: 6 sec.
cut lim to block
You hack off most of your limb and keep the rough block formed from the large end.

>Roundtime: 6 sec.

>drop hatc
You drop a hatchet.

>get ca knife
You pick up a carving knife.

>whit bloc to ring
You begin cutting off excess wood and start forming a ring from a poplar block.

>Roundtime: 7 sec.
whit bloc to ring
You shape a poplar block into a crude ring-like item.

>Roundtime: 10 sec.
whit bloc to ring
You finish shaping your block into a ring and pop out the center to make it wearable.

>Roundtime: 8 sec.
>detail ring with Fine
Roundtime: 7 sec.
You pull a skewed xashir out of your toolkit and carefully carve your ring, concentrating intently on your work.

R>detail ring with knotwork
Roundtime: 14 sec.
You pull a straight xashir out of your toolkit and carefully carve your ring, concentrating intently on your work.

R>detail ring with covers
Roundtime: 21 sec.
You pull a straight xashir out of your toolkit and carefully carve your ring, concentrating intently on your work.

R>detail ring with this
Roundtime: 26 sec.
You pull a skewed xashir out of your toolkit and carefully carve your ring, concentrating intently on your work.

R>detail ring with ring.
Your straight xashir looks a bit dull.
Roundtime: 32 sec.
You pull a straight xashir out of your toolkit and carefully carve your ring, concentrating intently on your work.

>l ring
Fine knotwork covers this ring.

R>wear ring
You put a finely-crafted poplar ring on your finger.

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>glan hun
You glance at your hands.
You are holding a draw knife in your right hand and a silbein limb in the left.

>trim lim to staff
You cut off one end of your limb.

>Roundtime: 10 sec.
trim lim to staff
You trim your limb, giving it the semblance of a rough staff.

>Roundtime: 10 sec.
trim staff
Removing the worst of the outgrowth, you trim your staff.

>Roundtime: 10 sec.
trim staff
You cut away the rough protrusions from your staff.

>Roundtime: 10 sec.
trim staff
Stripping the bark from your staff, you reveal some of the sapwood beneath.

>Roundtime: 10 sec.
trim staff
You finish removing the bark from your staff.

>Roundtime: 10 sec.
trim staff
Smoothing out comfortable places for your hands, you complete your silbein staff.

>carve staff to longbow
You carefully remove the sapwood from your staff, trying not to mar the heartwood too badly.

>Roundtime: 16 sec.
carve staff to longbow
I don't understand that.

>carve longbow
Instinctually finding the best position, you carve yourself a comfortable handle.

>Roundtime: 14 sec.
carve longbow
With careful strokes you flatten the back of your bow.

>Roundtime: 16 sec.
carve longbow
You skillfully carve a smooth arrow rest and shave the riser.

>Roundtime: 14 sec.
carve longbow
You carefully cut notches into both ends of your bow.

>Roundtime: 14 sec.
flex long
The upper limb doesn't seem to be flexing as well as it should be.

>Roundtime: 6 sec.
tiller longb on upper
You carefully tiller the upper limb on your bow.

>Roundtime: 15 sec.
flex long
The upper limb doesn't seem to be flexing as well as it should be.

>Roundtime: 6 sec.
tiller longb on upper
You carefully tiller the upper limb on your bow.

>Roundtime: 15 sec.
R>flex long
The upper limb doesn't seem to be flexing as well as it should be.

>Roundtime: 6 sec.
tiller longb on upper
You carefully tiller the upper limb on your bow.

>Roundtime: 16 sec.
R>flex long
The lower limb doesn't seem to be flexing as well as it should be.

>Roundtime: 6 sec.
tiller longb on lower
You carefully tiller the lower limb on your bow.

>Roundtime: 16 sec.
flex long
The lower limb doesn't seem to be flexing as well as it should be.

>Roundtime: 6 sec.
tiller longb on lower
You carefully tiller the lower limb on your bow.

>Roundtime: 14 sec.
flex long
You flex your partially carved silbein longbow, testing it's strength.
Your longbow looks ready to string.

>drop knif
You drop a draw knife.

>get bowst
You pick up a catgut bowstring.

>string longb
Hooking the bowstring over the bottom of a silbein longbow, you plant it next to your foot. Pressing with your knee, you flex it enough to hook the string over the top.

>Roundtime: 7 sec.

>wear long
You sling a silbein longbow over your shoulder.
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[Cirena]

Very nice system, Hunter. Looking forward to making bows and stuff.

Cirena

[senutyenool]

Ayup, gotta agree, nice items, especially the longbow.

Question I have though is what stat/skill levels did/do you have to make the items that quickly (and what seemed perfectly as no appraisal/examination was done)?

Reason I'm asking is so that I have a general idea (as I know you can't/won't give out specifics at this stage) of what level I should be at as an Eolai Tracker to make longbows. Thanks much

::gets out his rusty-trusty imitation Earthern Swiss Army Knife and begins whittling::
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[HR-Hunter]

What I can tell you is that my skills/stats were set to about 50th level tracker, that's not the easiest nor the hardest wood type, there was actually 2 imperfect carves, though I won't say which ones, and that despite that imperfection it's still a decient bit better then a standard bow.
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[senutyenool]

Okay, thanks much for the quick reply. It gives me a target to aim for (pun not intended ) when making longbows.

Any chance of an appraisal though??

::grovels in abject humiliation::
::thwaps himself upside the head as he realises that we Eolai don't grovel to ANYONE! (except the BTG )::
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[HR-Hunter]

Nope, appraisal's not live yet, I know it's better then average because of a cheaty GM peek into it's guts. once app is made we'll give you a peek.
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[senutyenool]

Okay, thanks for the heads up

::sits back and waits::





Is it ready yet?
Is it ready yet?
Is it ready yet?





::sits back and waits some more::





Is it ready yet?
Is it ready yet?
Is it ready yet?









In all seriousness though (well okay, partly then) the hatchet that was used for the poplar ring, will it also be a weapon or is it only a crafting tool at this stage?

I think it would be nice inclusion as a chopping weapon.

Just imagine using a razor sharp hatchet whilst ambushing........

Woohoo, limbs and bits of body matter everywhere ::evil snicker::
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[HR-Hunter]

It's a weapon.
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[HR-Morrigan]

[senutyenool]

Okay, thanks much for the clarification.

With weapons in mind (ducks from the Board Nazi, knowing this is slightly off topic) can edged weapons be sharpened (with enough skill of course) or will they be a non-alterable item?

Next question, will the leather toolbelt be obtainable by the general rabble or is it one of those Guru type items which we may drool over but never own ourselves?
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[HR-Morrigan]

yes, weapons will be sharpenable

and no it's not just a Guru thing, the toolbelt, along with a few other types of toolkits will be available for everyone
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[HR-Trevor]

Board Nazi. Hmm. Those are extinct on the world of Haelrahv, but I have heard they are alive and doing well in other reaches of the universe.
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[senutyenool]

Ahh, good, makes sense. ::nods sagely::

I could never figure out how after fighting an armoured enemy and then fighting a natural critter (you're garden variety furry types) why my sword had not encurred any damage (blunting, knicks out of the edge, point snapped off, etc) but stayed at a razor sharp edge.

Yah know, I'm getting to like this world more and more. It will (IMO) really open the roads for some serious RP, where the majority of day-to-day actions affect the outcome of how your character survives. As opposed to the majority of the other RPGs out there where the focus seems to be directed mainly at combat.

Oh, please point me in the direction of the weapon sharpening toolkit and sundry accessories Shop please. I'm still new in town and don't know my way around. And if you could, I'd like to borrow some coins off you to buy it.... Promise I'll pay it back

"Board Nazi"..... erm...... ::coughs:: I meant the 'Tracker Downer of Errant Topic Violaters' type person.

Wish List: A Warthog (HALO) for cruisin' the Haelrahv wilderness. I'd really love to have one of these in RL (sans weapon platform to make it street legal), you'd never have parking problems again.
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[Dragoonseal]

[Moriath]

just a quick question, Hunter mentioned in a former post that he set his skills to that of a 50th or so tracker when he showed us the way of fletching bows and carving and detailing. Does that mean we will have to wait til our skills in those trade hit the 150ish mark to give that a try? I know it was mentioned that toolkits were not available yet, but I am dying to give it a try, even if I cant detail "I stink at carving " on the ring yet!
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Sway.....