• Weaponsmiths!

• We will avoid the weeds of Forge Weapon

• Dan’s first character was a Weaponsmith.

• Fills the narrative niche of craftsman or smith, and makes it a playable role.

• Crafting systems can be a thing.

• Downtime and a brief aside on Josh’s campaign calendar.

• Karma Ritual

• Half-Magic Ability

• Free Talent: Craftsman

• Novice Tier Discipline Talents

• A historical retrospective on Weapon History

• Social character, community leader or respected individual.

• Novice Talent Options

• Support and defense are important concepts.

• Solid, dependable, resilient.

• Journeyman Abilities and Discipline Talents

• Forge Armor as a counter to Forge Weapon

• Spot Armor Flaw (and Josh gets it wrong at first)

• Journeyman Talent Options

• Continuing the themes of defense, support, and social ability.

• Weaponsmiths are likely to be one of the most common adepts normal folk will interact with.

• The way a Weaponsmith’s social ability manifests would be different from a Troubadour or other social character.

• Perception, Charisma and Willpower are important. Dexterity for more combat angled Weaponsmiths.

• Depending on group make-up, can be good front man or party face, or a second to the group leader.

• GMs, if there is a Weaponsmith player character, make sure you allow for downtime!

• Once again: Defense and support.

• Subtle and long-term power, not flashy.

• A sidebar about role overlap and how optional talents allow play areas to be covered.

• And we didn’t even get into enchanting!

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