Smithing

You can't have an army without weapons. The backbone of any military is its smiths and for an adventurer, nothing beats a trusty blade. When we talk smithing, we're not talking nails and shovels. These smiths work steel, bronze, and other metals to make the equipment that idiots and adventurers will use to face the greatest monsters in the world.

Training & Crafting
Becoming a skilled smith takes long hours of dedicated training. The more hours you put into it, the better you'll become. Smithing is among the most intricate of the practiced crafts and, therefore, requires the most hours to advance to a new skill level. If you practice under a mentor who is of a skill level higher than yours, any hours you spend training count double towards increasing in skill level. If something like a class feature or background gives you proficiency with Smith's tools, you have 100 hours already practiced.

When you craft a piece of equipment, you expend an amount of material equal to twice the weight of the item. A smith of a certain skill level has a chance to produce higher quality equipment, as shown on the table below. For details about equipment quality, see Equipment.

Different pieces of equipment will require different amounts of time to create. Consult the table below to determine how long you'll need to complete your project. You can also choose to spend more or less time on a project to add a modifier to your quality roll.

Resizing Armor
A skilled smith can change the fit of a piece of armor to accommodate a different wearer. Changing the fit of a piece of armor takes 1/10th of the standard hours required to make the piece and 1/10th of the materials.

Mana-Infused Equipment
Smiths of Journeyman skill level or higher can attempt to infuse equipment with mana when they make it. To create a mana-infused item, you will need to know one or more symbols of Magical Script. It takes the dust of 1 pearl per symbol to infuse a piece of equipment with mana. If you infuse a piece of equipment while it's being crafted, the amount of pearl dust required is halved.

Repairing Equipment
When a piece of armor is sundered or a weapon breaks, it will need to be repaired. Repairing a piece of equipment requires an amount of material equal to half the weight of the item.