crafting system basics, and consumables,and house building.
The avalability of the using, items, armors, and eating food. Depends soley on the players. The crafting system supplies players with the means to even play supportive roles off the lines of direct combat.
Crafting system basicsThere are several support skills that involve crafting. This includes even houses, and yes traps to capture animals/creatures for taming. Each of these take time, but will supply various ways in assisting both yourself, and others in emerging victorious as they climb through the levels.
These are
Cooking: for making food
Armor smithing: for armor
Black smithing: for weapon creation
First aid: for potion making
Crafting: for making various items
Trap making: for creating traps
Construction: for making homes
Now to further explain. Consumable Items, foods, and the likes being crafted will require time to be made. And they can grant various bonuses when consumed or used. Or do various effects. That being said every 1 level in the attempted crafted project will require 4 OOC hours to be created. Topic created will require the header "Crafting project" *houses/homes are special cases*
(Example: wilfred crafting lv 1 potion will require 4 hours.)
Every 500 words typed in said topic. Detailing to creating said creation will reduce the project by 1 hour. As stated in Experience gaining section. Your contribution will result in EXP gained in leveling up your skill. (More in
experience guide)
Of course should you lack said skills. You can request the services of another player. The deal could easily be brokered IC for cor, items, favors. Etc.
consumable item/food bonusesWhen using a consumable item in combat the buff lasts for up to 4 posts. Unless reapplied. With food the buff lasts for up to 3 topics when the meal is consumed. Note that bonuses can stack. But 1 character is allowed to consume up to 3 meals. While buffs from consumable items are swapped with the new item effect upon consumption.
Building a homeNow unique factor is building a home. Now a home is a safe haven for your charecter. In this place you could store items,armors, and have a safe haven for your pets. Safe to rp in as well. In the case of guilds you can communicate with guild members safely within your home.
You can of course build your own home should you have the construction skill. But if not. Contracting another player is an option. This case you and said player can determin payment IC.
Depending on the level of your house. There are limits, and even higher level houses are granted special privlages. Like a whole subforum as an example. Based on this constructing an house has considerable risks. And requires certain things to be done.
Step 1: pick a floor you have already completed
Step 2: neutralize an area (requires fighting a field boss and creatures) this topic will be titled *house clearing*
Step 3: begin building.
takes 24 hours per level to compkete building. Snd during this time you could be attacked by other players/even ambushed by mobs. *during your creation time you will be ambushed by 1 mob of creatures for that floor* every 500 words writen detailing the creation of said reduces the time by 1 hour ooc. This will also grant you exp for construction.
Players are allowed up to 3 houses in one lifetime.
Upgrading houses/repairsHouses can be upgraded to the appropriate level with an charecter that has construction skill. This can be done so long as an construction level is 2 levels above the level of said house. In this case this will require 8 ooc hours to complete. Every 500 word count typed will reduce upgrading by 1 occ hour.
In the case of an attack on your home by other players. Via for burgulary, and the likes. Your home repair requires 4 ooc hours to repair.
Installing home devicesThere are various appliances that could be used and created. But for starters this can go for various things such tables, to even special facilities like crafting, and forges that could reduce time to crafting/creating new things. Installing a new device only requires 4 ooc hours. Reduced by 1 hour per 500 wc writen in said topic.