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Secondary Skills

Secondary Skill System

A new skill/crafting system has been implemented on Haven as of January 2010.

Players of GURPS (by Steve Jackson Games) may recognize this skill system, as it is inspired by the skill system found in that PnP RPG. The system is called "secondary" not because it is of lesser usefulness or in some way a "second tier" form of crafting. It is called "secondary" because it uses a second set of skills different from those found in stock D&D.

Secondary Skill Example

Consider the following character, Crafty McCrafterson, a Level 15 Wizard. Only the relevant attributes are listed.

STR 9 (-1), DEX 17 (+3), INT 21 (+5), WIS 9 (-1), CHA 10 (+0)

Skill Ranks: Craft Alchemy 23, Craft Armor 23, Craft Trap 5, Craft Weapon 23, Lore 23, Survival -1.

Feats: Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Craft Wondrous Items, Scribe Scroll.

At Level 15, a character will have 50 skill points for the secondary skill system. To start with, Crafty puts one point in each skill, to gain the minimum "trained" skill level for each.

Enchanting

How to Scribe Scrolls


You may scribe scrolls with Thaumatology (arcane) or Theology (divine). To do so, open the skill panel (from the “red dot clock”) and click Thaumatology or Theology (to the left of the eyeball). Then click on the Scribing button. If you have a spell memorized and
sufficient gold (50g per spell level), you will see it in the list. Click on it to attempt to scribe the scroll. The basic difficulty appears next to the name.

How to Craft Wands


Wandcrafting works just like regular crafting, except you gain access to it through the Thaumatology and Theology panels.

Reaping

How to Plant


Farming and Gardening work differently from Crafting and Enchanting. To use these skills, go to one of the planting fields (either on Hart’s Isle or in Mithuth). Click on the field. A green panel will pop up. If you just want a list of recipes, you can click that button. However, if you want to plant something, you will need to buy one or more planting rows. The first row is free: click on the Buy button to receive it. Each additional row costs 100g more than the previous (i.e., it costs 100 x your current number of owned rows).

Crafting

First you will want to allocate your skill points for the Secondary Skill System (see bottom of that page for spending the points).

Next, you will want to get a crafter’s component bag. To do this, click on any of the skill buttons in the square panel except for Thaumatology and Theology. You will then receive a bag. (Close the panel that appears.) In order for the crafting system to recognize what materials you have, you need to put them in this component bag.

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