While items made out of
iron or plain leather, either crafted or found as loot, lack the
special material bonuses applied by using Colored Ingots or the
unique Leather Types, a skilled Craftsman still has the ability
to enhance the item after the fact.
Plain weapons or armor can be imbued with Colored Ingots or special
Leather through the process known as Enhancement. Success will add
the metal or leather's fixed properties (bonuses) to the item. For
a list of properites that can be bestowed upon an item by enhancing
it see this page about Material
Properties.
This means that once you've been lucky enough to find a superior
item as loot on a monster, you can seek to improve it by imbuing
it with special materials. However, imbuing an already existing
item with Colored Ingots or unique Leather Types is difficult to
say the least.
Failing an Enhancement attempt will cost you some of your materials,
but there is also a very good chance of destroying the item. Once
imbued, the item is considered to have been made out of the special
material infused into the item, so it can never be Enhanced again.
The inherent difficulty in Enhancing an item works as a balancing
factor, since you already have a superior item with magical properties
you undoubtedly desire, and you are seeking to even further increase
them. Enhancement is definitely not a choice to be made by a squeamish
Crafter, for the chance of destroying your prized possession is
high. But the rewards can be well worth it!
The chance for succesfully enhancing an item is increased if you have above GM skill level in Tailoring or Blacksmithy, you are also required
to have enough skillpoints to to craft items with the materials
you want to enhance with. Ie. To enhance an item with Valorite ore,
you would have to be at or above 99.0 Blacksmithy skill.
To find out just how big a chance you have for succesfully enhancing
that great piece of armor you just found, try out the Armor
Enhancing Calculator.
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