Talk:Blacksmithing discipline

Smelting

I plan on keeping a log of my brand new blacksmith's journey here. Let me know if you would prefer that I do it under 'my notes' or 'my talk'

Around 6 or 7 mech lore, I started seeing these results while mixing lead/copper into ingots.
~ Your experience in smelting metal ore begins to show in the finished work.
~ A scant few mistakes can be seen in the smelted metal.
~ Overall the work meets your expectations.

Before this, I was messing up terribly. Refining is still a no-go as well.

Analyzing the ingots produces zero results, so I have no way of telling how good the ingot is, how pure it is, or what its volume is.
- drtyprior 07:08, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

The more volume you have in the crucible, the faster your skill moves. The difficulty doesn't seem to be any different.

However, mixing refined ingots with unrefined ingots/nuggets - no matter the quantity - seems to take more skill than mixing purely unrefined goods. I'm assuming any time a refined ingot is involved, it uses that as the skill check's difficulty. This most likely ends up producing a lesser-quality ingot. That also makes being able to analyze different ingots even more important, as a refined ingot looks the same as an unrefined one to the untrained eye.
--drtyprior 16:29, 19 March 2011 (UTC)