Crafting tools are the specialized instruments used alongside the standard toolsets to craft, improve, and repair items. While the Standard Weapon Crafting Toolset, Standard Armor Crafting Toolset, and Standard Construction Toolset provide everything needed to make basic items, the tools found here allow you to work more efficiently, improve the quality of what you make, and repair damaged gear in the field.
About Repair
With the right tools and the Repair ability, you can repair damaged weapons, armor, and items without visiting a blacksmith. To repair an item you will need the appropriate repair tools for the item's primary material, as well as raw material equal to the percentage of damage you wish to restore. For example, if a steel sword has lost 50% of its effectiveness, you will need 50% of the sword's weight in steel to restore it. If you only have 25% of the material needed, you can only restore 25% of the damage.
Repair time is proportional to the item's original build time. An item that took 5 hours to build will take approximately 2.5 hours to repair at 50% damage. The GM may adjust this based on circumstances.
Shop-bought items use their primary material for repair by default. Crafted items will have a known material breakdown, though the system default is still the primary material. The GM may always weigh in when narrative circumstances suggest otherwise.
About Crafting Improvement Tools
Crafting improvement tools allow you to go beyond the baseline of what a standard toolset provides. They can reduce build time, add small bonuses to finished item stats, or assist with the Design Improvement skill. You may only use improvement tools on items that fall within your current crafting skill level. You cannot use an improvement tool to improve a Novice item if you only have Basic Crafting, for example.
General Tools
These tools are useful across all crafting disciplines.
| Item | Description of Effects | Weight | Space Taken | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tape Measure |
A 20 foot long piece of leather cloth coiled inside a steel case. Used to take precise measurements of materials and designs. |
0.15 | 0.5 | 0.71 |
| Heavy Duty Scale |
A balanced scale capable of weighing material up to 500 pounds to the nearest 1/100th of a pound. Essential for calculating material costs and repair quantities. |
6 | 5 | 32.50 |
| Workbench Clamp |
A steel clamp used to hold materials firmly in place while working. Reduces the risk of errors on delicate work. |
0.1 | 0.5 | 0.70 |
Textile Working Tools
These tools are used when working with textile materials such as leather, fur, and manna silk.
| Item | Description of Effects | Weight | Space Taken | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sewing Needle |
A fine iron needle used for stitching leather and other cloth textile fabrics. |
0.04 | 0.1 | 0.20 |
| Scissors |
Sharp steel scissors for cutting textile materials cleanly. |
0.1 | 0.25 | 0.65 |
| Leather Punch |
A steel punch used to make precise holes in leather and animal hides for stitching and lacing. Improves the quality of leather work, increasing its sell value by 20%. |
0.2 | 0.5 | 1.50 |
| Button Press |
A steel tool used for pressing fasteners into cloth and leather material. |
0.1 | 0.5 | 0.70 |
| Textile Repair Kit |
A complete set of tools needed to repair textile-based armor and items, including leather, fur, and manna silk. Requires the Repair ability to use. |
3 | 3 | 18.00 |
Textile Improvement Tools
These are tools to use to make improvements to textile crafted items.
| Item | Description of Effects | Weight | Space Taken | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Stitching Set |
Requires Basic Crafting Skill. A set of precision needles and thread of exceptional quality. Reduces build time of textile items by 30 minutes. |
0.15 | 0.5 | 8.00 |
| Tanning Kit |
Requires Basic Crafting Skill. A set of tools and solutions for treating and conditioning leather and fur. Finished leather or fur armor gains +1 to Physical Armor flat value. |
1 | 1 | 12.00 |
| Silk Weaving Frame |
Requires Novice Crafting Skill. A small collapsible frame that holds manna silk taut during weaving, ensuring even distribution of the silk's magical properties. Finished manna silk items gain +1 to Magical Armor flat value. |
2 | 3 | 25.00 |
Wood Working Tools
These tools are used when working with wood materials such as oak, black maple, blood wood, dust wood, and elgin sapia.
| Item | Description of Effects | Weight | Space Taken | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammer |
A sturdy steel hammer for wood, metal, and hard material working. |
3 | 1 | 17.50 |
| Saw |
A steel saw for cutting wood cleanly and accurately. |
4 | 2 | 22.50 |
| Chisel |
A steel chisel for carving and shaping wood. |
1 | 1 | 6.50 |
| Wood File |
A steel rod with rough edges used to smooth and shape wood surfaces. |
0.1 | 0.25 | 0.65 |
| Wood Repair Kit |
A complete set of tools needed to repair wood-based items and shields. Requires the Repair ability to use. |
3 | 3 | 18.00 |
Wood Improvement Tools
These are tools to use to make improvements to wood crafted items.
| Item | Description of Effects | Weight | Space Taken | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carving Set |
Requires Basic Crafting Skill for Crafting, Carving Ability for Carving. A set of precision carving tools for fine woodwork. Works alongside the Carving ability. Reduces build time of wood items by 30 minutes. When used with the Carving ability, reduces difficulty of carving checks by 1 level. |
1 | 2 | 15.00 |
| Wood Stain & Finish Kit |
Requires Basic Crafting Skill. A set of stains, lacquers, and applicators for finishing wood surfaces. Finished wood shields gain +1 to Block flat value. |
0.5 | 1 | 10.00 |
| Runic Wood Carving Set |
Requires Novice Crafting Skill. A set of precision tools designed for working with magically resonant woods such as elgin sapia and black maple. Finished items made from magical wood varieties gain +1 to their special property die (e.g. elgin sapia's +1d8 Runic Power becomes +1d10). |
1.5 | 2 | 35.00 |
Metal & Hard Material Tools
These tools are used when working with metal materials such as steel, argentum, aurum, mythril, norvite, crylem, and zodium, as well as hard organic materials such as bone and dragon scale.
| Item | Description of Effects | Weight | Space Taken | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammer |
A sturdy steel hammer for wood, metal, and hard material working. |
3 | 1 | 17.50 |
| Metal Cutters |
Heavy steel cutters for cutting through metal. |
4 | 2 | 22.50 |
| Rivet |
A steel rivet used for connecting steel plates and metal components. |
0.02 | 0.1 | 0.11 |
| Chain Clamp |
A clamp made of steel used for making and repairing chain links. |
0.1 | 0.5 | 0.70 |
| Metal File |
A steel rod with rough edges used to smooth, shape, and sharpen metal. |
0.1 | 0.2 | 0.65 |
| Hard Material Repair Kit |
A complete set of tools for repairing metal, bone, and dragon scale items and armor. Requires the Repair ability to use. |
5 | 4 | 27.00 |
Metal & Hard Material Improvement Tools
These are tools to use to make improvements to metal and hard material crafted items.
| Item | Description of Effects | Weight | Space Taken | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whetstone |
Requires Basic Crafting Skill. A fine-grained stone for honing and polishing metal edges. Finished metal weapons gain +1 to Attack flat value. |
0.5 | 0.5 | 5.00 |
| Polishing Kit |
Requires Basic Crafting Skill. A set of cloths, compounds, and applicators for finishing metal surfaces. Reduces build time of metal items by 30 minutes. |
0.5 | 1 | 8.00 |
| Precision Forging Tongs |
Requires Novice Crafting Skill. Specially shaped tongs that allow for more precise control when working with heated metal. Finished metal armor gains +1 to Physical Armor flat value. |
2 | 2 | 22.00 |
| Dragon Scale Finishing Tools |
Requires Advanced Crafting Skill. A set of hardened tools designed specifically for working with dragon scale. Standard metal tools struggle against the hardness of scale. Required to work with dragon scale materials. Without these, dragon scale crafting checks are at Hard difficulty. With them, checks are at Normal difficulty. |
3 | 3 | 85.00 |
Runic Crafting Tools
These tools are used by artificers when working with runic crafting and runic tech. Most require both a crafting skill and a runic crafting skill to use effectively.
| Item | Description of Effects | Weight | Space Taken | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runic Scriber |
A precision instrument tipped with a crystal point for etching runic symbols from ylem into materials. Essential for all runic crafting work. |
0.2 | 0.5 | 15.00 |
| Soul Conductor Coil |
A coil of specially treated wire used to channel and stabilize runic energy during crafting. |
0.3 | 1 | 20.00 |
| Runic Alignment Frame |
A small frame used to ensure runic carvings and rune stone embedding are precisely aligned, preventing energy misfires. |
1 | 2 | 35.00 |
| Runic Tech Repair Kit |
A specialized set of tools for repairing runic tech items and constructs. Requires both the Repair ability and Runic Tech Repair skill to use. |
3 | 3 | 45.00 |
Runic Improvement Tools
These are tools to use to make improvements to runic tech items.
| Item | Description of Effects | Weight | Space Taken | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Focus Lens |
Requires Basic Runic Crafting Skill. A polished crystal lens that concentrates runic energy during the crafting process. Reduces Soul cost of runic crafting skills used during this crafting session by 1. |
0.1 | 0.5 | 40.00 |
| Runic Amplifier |
Requires Novice Runic Crafting. A small device of interlocking metal rings and crystal nodes that amplifies the runic properties of a finished item. Finished runic items gain +1 to their runic power effect. |
0.5 | 0.5 | 75.00 |
| Master Runic Scriber & Embedding Set |
Requires Better Runic Crafting Skill. A complete set of precision scribing and embedding instruments of the finest quality, used by master artificers. Reduces the difficulty of runic crafting Arcana checks by 1 level. Reduces runic item build time by 1 hour. |
1 | 2 | 150.00 |