Carving techniques

Technique Descriptions

Basic Stone Splitting

Basic stone splitting enables you to more effectively carve out smaller stone materials used in the creation of other, larger designs. Learning more advanced techniques requires knowledge of these fundamentals

Improved Stone Cutting

Improved stone cutting techniques focus on larger stone materials used in the creation of more complicated designs. If you wish to learn more about carving weaponry and furniture you must first understand these concepts.

Humanoid Forms

The study of huminoid forms grants an advantage to shaping the eleven races into stone figurines and statues. This basic understanding is required to learn more about carving animal and monster forms as well.

Decorative Design

The decorative design technique explains new ways to craft jewelry and other worn pieces for the common citizen. Knowing this technique will allow access to tricks for carving accessories more suited for society's upper class.

Proper Tool Care

The proper tool care technique teach how best to make use of stone carving tools and supplies. Knowing how to care for your tools will not only reduce how quickly the wear out, but also enable you to learn more about improving the quality of stone through advanced detailing.

Improvised Stone Weaponry

Improvised stone weaponry covers the most basic ways to create deadly weaponry from ordinary stone. Metal will always overcome stone, but what better way to be a true survivor than learning the tricks nearly forgotten to antiquity? Learning more about weapon carving requires mastery of this technique.

Masonry Methods

The masonry methods technique explores the most basic arts of shaping stone into usable forms. Although heavier than other materials, stone offers a beauty not found elsewhere. More advanced techniques focusing on container and furniture design require knoweldge of these fundamentals.

Monstrous Forms

Only a few survive long enough to observe the intricate details of monsters found in the wilds. Learning the monstrous forms technique will greatly aid the process of carving these dangerous creatures into stone figurines and statues.

Animal Forms

Though less deadly, animals often evade artisans' efforts to observe them. Mastering the animal forms technique shall aid your efforts to carve figurines and statues of these majestic beasts.

Accessory Shaping

Accessory shaping teaches more about carving decorative wear themed for the wealthier citizens.

Material Detailing

High quality stone and tools are always in short supply. The stone detailing technique explores how to work around material flaws with less capable tools, resulting in a higher quality finished product.

Sophisticated Stone Weaponry

The sophisticated stone weaponry technique explores larger and more advanced ways to craft weaponry from stone.

Furniture Design

Due to their large size, stone furniture often proves more than a crafter can handle. Learning the furniture design technique will reveal new methods for simplifying this process.

Container Design

Continuing down the path of functional carving, the technique of container design explores shortcuts and tricks to more easily craft large, immovable container objects destined for use as furniture.

Likeness Carving

Recreating the specific image of a person, place or thing and recording it forever in stone stands in high regard with the guild. By committing the likeness carving technique to memory you will find this process much easier.