Artificer

Career

Qualifications

• Characters need an INT of 13 at the least.
• Mastery over standard engineering, which can take between 18 - 24 months.
• Familiarity with sculptury and 1000 hours with the practice materials: clay, stone or wood.
• Ten year apprenticeship related to metallurgy.
• Theoretical understading of square mathematics.

Perception

Purpose

Artificer is a specialty carver who carves precise squares into metals and other materials to magically bind properties or energy to inanimate objects.

Social Status

Artificers are generally a step above a common smith, but unless they are particularly famous or have a rich patron, they would not be regarded as such on a regular basis.

Operations

Tools

Various types of fine metalwork are used for carving, chipping or cutting wood, stone or other metals softer than them.

Materials

Artificers work with a variety of volatile materials like acids and caustic substances. Though not always necessary for a project, some crafters wish to control every step of the quality and would melt and cast their own alloys.

Workplace

Artificery

Any respectable workshops is huge and semi-underground, with heavy timber beams and thick stone walls. Factory-scale ones have rows of high-heat smelting areas, roaring fires and cooling vats; and workbenches for glassblowers, joiners and other specialists. Smaller shops do exists, but they are indistinguishable from a regular smithy.

Provided Services

System Design

Developing and integrating new gear and animating weapon constructs.

Body Modification

Scarring the skin with single-use or permanent squares to augment abilities or as a final gamble.

Maintenance

Overseeing the routine upkeep and fabricating custom replacement parts for devices.

Type

Artisan

Demand

High

Legality

Different countries have their own regulations and licensing requirements

Used By

• Clockwork Church
• Ostoria

Related Technologies

• Magic Squares
• Xenograftage