Forging

Forging allowed an individual to use commodities to craft armour, shields, and weaponry, and it was available to those of the three knight classes: Paladin, Infernal, and Runewarden.

To begin the forging of a new item, a vacant forge had to first be located, and these could be found in all major cities, as well as a few villages. After a coal was placed in the forge and lit in order to generate enough heat for crafting, the necessary commodities were then placed into the forge. Forging proceeded in two stages. First, the mass of commodities was formed into a crude weapon, shield, or set of armour; the second step was then refinement of the crude item. All forged items of the same type possessed equivalent statistics prior to refinement. Each refinement could randomly increase one statistic until the item was been fully crafted, at which point no further refinement was possible.

Use of the Hammer of Forging artefact allowed a smith to create fully crafted items with fewer refinement steps and with greater potential for above-average statistics.

The field of forging is now split into two trade skills: weaponsmithing and armoursmithing.

Abilities in Forging

Ability	Description
Club	A crude bludgeoning weapon.
Buckler	The smallest shield.
Dirk	A weapon made for stabbing.
Spear	The standard weapon of the footman.
Leatherarmour	A suit of leather armour.
Halberd	The simplest of the polearms.
Cavalry	A small shield, but more effective than the buckler.
Shortsword	A smaller version of the longsword.
Mace	The Basilican maces.
Ringmail	Armour composed of overlapping rings of metal.
Axe	The handaxe; made for throwing.
Bardiche	Another polearm. More complicated than the halberd.
Dagger	Obsidian throwing daggers.
Banded	A shield of reasonable effectiveness.
Whip	The feared weapon of those who practice serpentry.
Talons	Steel talons to equip falcons with.
Morningstar	An iron ball connected to a handle by a chain.
Scalemail	Armour made of overlapping scales of metal and leather.
Warhammer	A large bludgeoning weapon.
Rapier	The weapon of the cultured urbanite.
Javelin	Nothing hurts quite as much as being hit by a javelin.
Kite	A large, protective shield.
Flail	A wicked-looking variation on a morningstar.
Chainmail	Armour made of interlocking rings of metal.
Trident	Oftentimes the favourite weapon of gladiators.
Battleaxe	Favoured weapon of the mountain dwarves.
Tower	The largest and most cumbersome shield.
Splintmail	Good armour made of strips of metal and leather.
Bastard	The famous Delosian bastard swords.
Lance	Weapon of the mounted knight.
Scimitar	A very effective curved sword favoured in the south.
Fieldplate	The most common, but still very good, form of platemail.
Broadsword	A popular variation on the longsword.
Longsword	The standard against which all is based.
Smelting	Smelt a weapon back to some useful commodities.
Fullplate	The most magnificent armour. See AB FORGING FULLPLATE.