I Like it Like That [Training]

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Technical Path I
Rank: "C"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: User chooses a technical path allowing them an advantage to Crafting, and the ability to apply special materials without extra cost.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: An artisan that chooses the Technical Path gains a +1 per Die Mastery to the skills Disable Device, Forgery, Lock Picking, and Observation. Next they also gain the ability to increase the speed of progress when crafting items. The User gains a +5 per Class Level to their Crafting Time. The User can use one of any of the Equipment Enhancing Techniques in Conjunction with item creation with 1/2 normal cost. So the user can choose to add one Hidden Meaning or a Fool's Prerogative, or a Tame the Savage Beast ability to any item for 1/2 cost. Attempting to add multiple layers of ability costs as per normal for the second and every subsequent layer, however. Calculate full cost against Chakra Item maximum cost.
Limit: Must be an Artisan.

0|10TP+1

*flashback*

Tomomi awoke in a dingy room that smelled of shit, to be entirely blunt about it. The floor was made of dirt, and adorned by a particularly itchy layer of straw. His head ached mightily as he was jostled by a strike to the side.

"GET UP SLAVE IT'S TIME FOR WORK."

As had become typical as of late, Tomomi was forced to perform laborious tasks. Forging, mixing dangerous herbs, and brewing were what he usually was made to do. Most of his works were probably sold in order to pay for food and other bare necessities. He'd been worked to the bone for the last few months, and his skills grew. Today he was forging a sword of some sort. He didn't particularly like the design of the weapon and found it to be rather unappealing, and probably cumbersome to wield.

Regardless, his hammer banged upon the anvil, shaping the piece of iron into a flatter shape. As the shape squished towards the flat surface, he found himself in need of more malleability, and placed the partially formed mineral back into the forge. As the metal heated back up, he he pulled it out and placed it gently back on the anvil.

Despite the lack of requirement to do such, Tomomi began folding the metal. This was something he'd begin attempting in order to save time and resources recently. As long as he folded the metal a few times before he completed the weapon, he could save several units of the material before his job was completed. This also saved the effort of heating another piece of metal and shaping it in order to put the two pieces together. Soon enough the sword was finished. Although the quality wasn't great, he'd surely get better with time.

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[Flower]

Learned +10 tp

"Good job... Slave."

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Technical Path II
Rank: "B"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: User's Technical Path increases allowing them bonuses to a set of skills, can further take advantage of their Crafting Time, and apply an additional ability without extra cost.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: An artisan that chose the Technical Path gains +10 to Disable Device, Lock Picking, Sleight of Hands and Use Rope. If the user has 50 or more ranks in one of these skills, the bonus increases to +20 for that skill. Furthermore, the user gains the ability to disable Chakra Traps. Their ability to accelerate progress on items increase to +10 per Class Level to their Crafting Time (This does not stack with Technical Path I). The user can now use 2 of the Equipment Enhancing Techniques in conjunction with item creation with 1/2 normal cost. The Third and subsequent effect have standard extra cost.
Limit: Must be an Artisan. Must know Technical Path I.

0|50TP +1 per post.

*flashback continues*

Unfortunately for Tomomi, his compulsory service continued where it left off the next day. Just as in the day before, he woke up in a dirty straw covered room. This time he woke up wet and shivering. The roof was apparently not water-proof and the rain had leaked through. To top it all off the muddy floor was made even more smelly by the rain from the night before. The man who usually woke him up entered with a grin on his face, clearly enjoying himself.

"Get to work, bitch"

He spat, kicking the boy again for good measure. Begrudgingly, Tomo made his way back to the shitty smithy he had to work with. Perhaps someday he'd have a nicer place to apply his craft, but for now he toiled. Today he was making a scythe blade. he found these sort of weapons composed of a wood handle and a metal blade to be especially difficult to craft. He'd already made the wood handles beforehand, and now he simply needed to forge the blades. In order to pose the smallest risk to the individual wielding the scythe, these blades were especially short in length. The longer the blade is, the easier it is to cut yourself.

His process began by placing a lengthy piece of metal into the forge. The weapon came out easily, and he put it down on the anvil before hammering the blade into a long curve. The curve didn't quite go the way he wanted it to at first, but some more hammering and heating did the trick. Then after some more hammering and finally cooling the blade, he moved onto the next part.

The final piece of the process was to create the fixture that holds the blade of the scythe to the handle. Carefully he took a piece of malleable metal out of the flames and put it on the anvil. He bent the metal cautiously around till it made a short tube, which he slipped into the bucket of water to cool. Then he placed the items aside to be combined later. It was time for lunch now.

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[Dr. Neuro, RN]

+11

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Technical Path II
Rank: "B"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: User's Technical Path increases allowing them bonuses to a set of skills, can further take advantage of their Crafting Time, and apply an additional ability without extra cost.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: An artisan that chose the Technical Path gains +10 to Disable Device, Lock Picking, Sleight of Hands and Use Rope. If the user has 50 or more ranks in one of these skills, the bonus increases to +20 for that skill. Furthermore, the user gains the ability to disable Chakra Traps. Their ability to accelerate progress on items increase to +10 per Class Level to their Crafting Time (This does not stack with Technical Path I). The user can now use 2 of the Equipment Enhancing Techniques in conjunction with item creation with 1/2 normal cost. The Third and subsequent effect have standard extra cost.
Limit: Must be an Artisan. Must know Technical Path I.

11|50TP +1TP per post.

*flashback continues*

Tomo's work continued where it left off. His new tube was to be the fixture that the blade of the scythe attached to. Carefully he brought the two pieces to the forge, and placed them inside. Afterwards, he pressed the fan repeatedly to raise the temperature of the heat until the metal was malleable. This point was crucial to the process, because the metal needed to be nearly liquid, but not enough to drip. Wasting precious resources would bring harsh punishment to the already saddened youth.

Carefully, he used the tongs to remove the metallic objects from the fire. Carefully noting the red hue of the metal, the objects were placed near each other on the anvil. Gently, the tube and the blunt end of the blade were brought together. Because of the slight viscosity of the substances, the two pieces fused together as they cooled. Tomo found that this method of producing the scythe, or any weapon for that matter was much more efficient. Rather than welding the two parts together, the seam between the blade and the handle was nearly nonexistent, allowing a much more sturdy weapon to be created.

Tomomi was nearing the end of the creation of this scythe. With the blade entirely done now, he placed the joint back into the flame of the forge. He only heated it slightly this time, removing the only partially malleable weapon from the forge and placing it back onto the anvil. Here he was able to ease the wood handle of the scythe through the coupling he'd created. Now he carefully hammered the piece into place around the handle of the tool, and placed it into the water to cool. He finished the tool off by attentively polishing the blade, and sharpening the edge so that it could be used immediately.

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[Dr. Neuro, RN]

+11

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Technical Path II
Rank: "B"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: User's Technical Path increases allowing them bonuses to a set of skills, can further take advantage of their Crafting Time, and apply an additional ability without extra cost.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: An artisan that chose the Technical Path gains +10 to Disable Device, Lock Picking, Sleight of Hands and Use Rope. If the user has 50 or more ranks in one of these skills, the bonus increases to +20 for that skill. Furthermore, the user gains the ability to disable Chakra Traps. Their ability to accelerate progress on items increase to +10 per Class Level to their Crafting Time (This does not stack with Technical Path I). The user can now use 2 of the Equipment Enhancing Techniques in conjunction with item creation with 1/2 normal cost. The Third and subsequent effect have standard extra cost.
Limit: Must be an Artisan. Must know Technical Path I.

22|50TP +1TP per post.

*flashback continues*

The next day Tomo awoke to an entirely new order, and no thanks for the completion of the previous one. This was, however, the life of a slave. Surely they'd be satisfied eventually. He trudged his way to the forge, where he'd been ordered to begin producing sickles. Much like the scythe that he'd just finished previously, he intended to make these sickles with a similar process. He pressed the fan as he considered his possibilities in regard to producing more sickles in less time. Whatever, for now he'd just worry about making the tools. Surely he'd get better the more he worked.

With the cinders of the forge now transformed into the extreme temperature required to manage the forge, Tomo could not begin his process. Similar to how he created the scythe before, he began by placing a piece of somewhat flat metal into the forge. He rotated it a bit before removing it from the fire with his tongs, and placing it onto the anvil. With the piece now ready for molding, Tomo carefully grabbed the extra pair of blacksmithing tongs with his unoccupied hand.

With steady and practiced fingers, Tomomi twisted the metal until it met itself and formed a small cylinder of sorts. You probably get the gist at this point, he basically did the same thing with the scythe. This time, however, it was much smaller in both diameter and length. Once the piece was formed into one solid cylinder, Tomo placed the piece into the fire in order to solidify the union and complete the first step of the process. The iron cylinder was then placed into the water to cool, and then set aside in order to begin the next step.

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[Dr. Neuro, RN]

+11

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Technical Path II
Rank: "B"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: User's Technical Path increases allowing them bonuses to a set of skills, can further take advantage of their Crafting Time, and apply an additional ability without extra cost.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: An artisan that chose the Technical Path gains +10 to Disable Device, Lock Picking, Sleight of Hands and Use Rope. If the user has 50 or more ranks in one of these skills, the bonus increases to +20 for that skill. Furthermore, the user gains the ability to disable Chakra Traps. Their ability to accelerate progress on items increase to +10 per Class Level to their Crafting Time (This does not stack with Technical Path I). The user can now use 2 of the Equipment Enhancing Techniques in conjunction with item creation with 1/2 normal cost. The Third and subsequent effect have standard extra cost.
Limit: Must be an Artisan. Must know Technical Path I.

33|50TP +1TP per post.

*flashback continues*

Tomomi's crafting, again, continued after a slight break in order to at a bit of the somewhat edible mush and re-hydrate. The next step of the creation of this sickle was the trickiest bit, he'd found. The blade on a sickle is much shorter and thinner than the blade of a scythe. In order to produce a tool that doesn't break after much use, it needs to be placed through a more rigorous process. Tomo found the simplest, but still somewhat arduous method was to fold the metal, much like a katana's blade. Tomo began this process with a scrap of rusty iron much larger than the blade he intended to create. He placed the piece into the fire that he'd managed to maintain during his mandated break.

After heating up the metal in the forge, Tomo removed it carefully and set it on the anvil. Forcefully, but also skillfully, Tomomi began pounding on the hunk of orange metal with his hammer. This was the most time consuming step in the process. After pounding the heated iron flat, the metal had cooled significantly. As a result, Tomo needed to bring the piece to the forge again. After removing it from the fire, he placed it on the anvil once more. Next, he folded the iron in half and continued his pounding.

Quickly, Tomo struck the metal flat, taking advantage of the heated metal to create one piece of metal about half the size of what he had previously. A now cooled piece of metal was ready to be placed into the forge once more. The process now repeated several times. Probably about fifteen times or so, Tomo stopped keeping track after a few hours of this tedium. Finally the metal was about the correct size for a sickle. He cooled what remained of the large hunk of metal, and finished up the last shaping, which was ready to be connected to the joint of the handle he'd made previously.

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Technical Path II
Rank: "B"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: User's Technical Path increases allowing them bonuses to a set of skills, can further take advantage of their Crafting Time, and apply an additional ability without extra cost.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: An artisan that chose the Technical Path gains +10 to Disable Device, Lock Picking, Sleight of Hands and Use Rope. If the user has 50 or more ranks in one of these skills, the bonus increases to +20 for that skill. Furthermore, the user gains the ability to disable Chakra Traps. Their ability to accelerate progress on items increase to +10 per Class Level to their Crafting Time (This does not stack with Technical Path I). The user can now use 2 of the Equipment Enhancing Techniques in conjunction with item creation with 1/2 normal cost. The Third and subsequent effect have standard extra cost.
Limit: Must be an Artisan. Must know Technical Path I.

??|50TP +1TP per post.

*flashback continues*

Tomo approached the last steps of the process of making this sickle similarly to the scythe he'd made the day before. He had a fixture ready in order to mount he blade and handle of the sickle, and the blade had just been finished. He skillfully placed both the pieces into the forge, using two pairs of blacksmithing tongs at the same time. As the pieces heated up, he maintained the heat by pressing on the fan he had set up underneath the furnace. Tomo didn't know the exact temperature required to complete this next step, but he had a feeling.

He'd failed this process many times before, and just recently improved upon it. He could judge based on the hue of the superheated orange metal that it was ready to be pulled. He expertly removed the two pieces from the fire, and prepared to join them together. The temperature was just right. Not hot enough to drip, but still viscus enough that it could be joined just as he did with the scythe previously.

He carefully manipulated the tongs in order to press the two pieces together. He then let the pieces cool slightly, and then while it was still malleable, he placed the fixture over the end of the short handle of the sickle. After that, he hammered the fixture onto the handle, tightening the fixture so that it wouldn't come loose under extreme stress. Then he hurriedly polished and sharpened the blade, and placed it on his pile of completed tools. This is definitely becoming tiresome.

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[Dr. Neuro, RN]

+17
Learned

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Technical Path III
Rank: "A"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: User's Technical Path increases their Crafting Time and allows the user to craft Masterwork items without extra cost.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: An Artisan that chose the Technical Path learns an ability called Skill Mastery. This allows the user to choose 3 + Impeccable Will Skills, and can have an automatic 100 die roll to determine difficulty Roll, even under the stress of combat or other adverse conditions. Their confidence in their abilities enable them to retain a level head and act steadily even if their lives should be in danger. The user's ability to accelerate progress on items increase to +20 per Class Level to their Crafting Time (This does not stack with Technical Path I and II). Any craftwork that the Artisan does in their chosen Artisan skill is automatically considered a Masterwork without any need to spend extra time for that specific purpose. The default quality of their work is Masterwork. Determining the price of Quality Level items for creating is one level lower than normal. Example: Creating a Superior item will cost as much as a Masterwork item.
Limit: Must be an Artisan. Must know Technical Path II.

00|80TP +1TP per post. [start thirst for power mission here]

*let's start a different flashback this time*

Tomo grew impatient in his time occupying this small village. Perhaps soon it was time to destroy all of these fools and make his way out. Despite the military atmosphere of Marineford, he felt an utter absence of justice, and a supreme prejudice for his heritage. Well, anyways his task today was to forge shovels. So he made his way to the forge, which was considerately started already. Lately he'd noticed the atmosphere easing slightly, as the new recruits made their way through the ranks of the military force. First he prepared the articles required for the forging of a shovel. He already had some short handles prepared for the task that were given to him. Tomo was no widdler, so they had several shovel-length pieces of wood set aside for him to begin the task.

Tomomi took a piece of iron they had sitting on the table for him, and used the blacksmithing tongs to place it in the forge. As the metal heated up, the hue of the alloy changed to a dark red color, and then once it was finally orange, it was ready to remove from the forge. He used the blacksmithing tongs to place the metal onto the anvil. Here he began pounding the metal repeatedly. It was a process he'd grown fond of. His arm moves up and down in exactly the same motion with as little deviation as possible. The only aspect that moves is the metal that's being hammered.

With one hand he hammers, the other moves the metal around skillfully in order to create the perfect shape. This step of the creation of a tool or weapon was without a doubt the most time-consuming. The shape of the metal was much larger than the blade of the shovel he intended to create, so he had to strike the piece for a long time. Sometimes this took hours, depending on how nice the metal decided to be. For this piece, he only had to re-heat the metal twice before it was finally small enough. This shovel was a spade, so he folded it across itself at angles, creating a dull point before flattening the tool completely.

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[Dr. Neuro, RN]

+11

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Technical Path III
Rank: "A"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: User's Technical Path increases their Crafting Time and allows the user to craft Masterwork items without extra cost.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: An Artisan that chose the Technical Path learns an ability called Skill Mastery. This allows the user to choose 3 + Impeccable Will Skills, and can have an automatic 100 die roll to determine difficulty Roll, even under the stress of combat or other adverse conditions. Their confidence in their abilities enable them to retain a level head and act steadily even if their lives should be in danger. The user's ability to accelerate progress on items increase to +20 per Class Level to their Crafting Time (This does not stack with Technical Path I and II). Any craftwork that the Artisan does in their chosen Artisan skill is automatically considered a Masterwork without any need to spend extra time for that specific purpose. The default quality of their work is Masterwork. Determining the price of Quality Level items for creating is one level lower than normal. Example: Creating a Superior item will cost as much as a Masterwork item.
Limit: Must be an Artisan. Must know Technical Path II.

11|80TP +1TP per post. [continuing thirst for power mission]

*continue flashback*

Tomomi, after a quick break, began the second and most crucial part of the task he was given. This part of the process was very much similar to the scythe in that he needed to mold a joint in order to attach the handle of the shovel. He hurriedly fanned the fire of the forge, raising the temperature in order to heat the piece of metal he intended to manipulate. This time the scrap he'd chosen to use for the bracket was rather large for the object he intended to create. It wasn't flat at all, but it would do wonderfully, and if it was too much, he could just break off some of the metal and reforge it. For now, he placed the metal into the fire, and left it there slightly longer than usual.

It wasn't enough to make the metal nearly liquid, but definitely more malleable than he usually attempted to manipulate. It wasn't dripping by the time he pulled the substance out of the fire, but nearly so. He set it gently onto the anvil, and began gently hitting the fixture. He didn't need to hit the piece nearly so hard, as it just sort of... fell into shape against the anvil. It was here that he began folding the piece into a small rectangle. Once the metal was entirely flat, just a few millimeters thick, the piece had cooled just a bit too much.

Carefully, he placed the metal back into the forge, where he only needed to heat the piece for a few moments before removing it again. In this pliant state, Tomo was able to use another set of tongs in order to curve the metal very carefully and rest it upon itself. Now he had an incomplete cylinder. He then placed the metal back into the fire, in order for the metal to fuse with itself. He then removed the cylinder from the fire, and checked it briefly. He needed to adjust the edges, and place it back into the fire a few more times before it was finally completely joined at the seam. Tomo then placed the fixture in a bucket of cold water to cool.

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[Dr. Neuro, RN]

+11

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Technical Path III
Rank: "A"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: User's Technical Path increases their Crafting Time and allows the user to craft Masterwork items without extra cost.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: An Artisan that chose the Technical Path learns an ability called Skill Mastery. This allows the user to choose 3 + Impeccable Will Skills, and can have an automatic 100 die roll to determine difficulty Roll, even under the stress of combat or other adverse conditions. Their confidence in their abilities enable them to retain a level head and act steadily even if their lives should be in danger. The user's ability to accelerate progress on items increase to +20 per Class Level to their Crafting Time (This does not stack with Technical Path I and II). Any craftwork that the Artisan does in their chosen Artisan skill is automatically considered a Masterwork without any need to spend extra time for that specific purpose. The default quality of their work is Masterwork. Determining the price of Quality Level items for creating is one level lower than normal. Example: Creating a Superior item will cost as much as a Masterwork item.
Limit: Must be an Artisan. Must know Technical Path II.

22|80TP +1TP per post. [continuing thirst for power mission]

*continue flashback*

Tomomi relented to his stomach just then, and went to take a food break. Unfortunately the only food that awaited him was slop. There weren't any spices or anything, and it tasted like shit. But it was a form of nourishment. The disgusting carbs would provide the energy he needed to finish his day. He went back to the forge, and found that the fire had dwindled considerably. He had to spend a considerable amount of time fanning the fire this time, but soon enough it was ready to continue his duties. He took the joint out of the water, and brought it over to the fire, where he placed both the fixture and the blade of the shovel in order to heat them. Tomomi placed the blunt end of the spade closest to the center of the fire, where the temperature was at its peak.

He was beginning to garner a rather good grasp of the temperature required for certain steps of the process now. As the hue of the metal changed, he skillfully removed the pieces at just the right moment, and placed them gently on the anvil. This step was crucial and he had to be very quick. He gently used the blacksmithing tongs to join the two nearly molten pieces together. As he pushed them towards each other, the metal overflowed slightly from the union, cooling down and producing a seam of sorts. The seam cooled and solidified, allowing the two pieces of iron to become one. This solid union was much more efficient and resilient than other methods of joining, he'd found.

After cooling the now combined pieces of metal in the bucket of water, he placed them back in the fire. The end closest to the middle was the fixture, which was only heated for a little bit. Upon reaching the perfect temperature, Tomo removed the completed piece. Now, Tomo took the completed wood handle, and pushed it through the fixture, and placed it on the anvil. Finally he gently hammered the fixture onto the handle, which would keep the blade of the shovel in place for perhaps years to come. A quick sharpening of the blade was all it took to finish the weapon, and then it was placed aside to be taken by his owners.

tags

[Dr. Neuro, RN]

+11 tp

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Technical Path III
Rank: "A"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: User's Technical Path increases their Crafting Time and allows the user to craft Masterwork items without extra cost.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: An Artisan that chose the Technical Path learns an ability called Skill Mastery. This allows the user to choose 3 + Impeccable Will Skills, and can have an automatic 100 die roll to determine difficulty Roll, even under the stress of combat or other adverse conditions. Their confidence in their abilities enable them to retain a level head and act steadily even if their lives should be in danger. The user's ability to accelerate progress on items increase to +20 per Class Level to their Crafting Time (This does not stack with Technical Path I and II). Any craftwork that the Artisan does in their chosen Artisan skill is automatically considered a Masterwork without any need to spend extra time for that specific purpose. The default quality of their work is Masterwork. Determining the price of Quality Level items for creating is one level lower than normal. Example: Creating a Superior item will cost as much as a Masterwork item.
Limit: Must be an Artisan. Must know Technical Path II.

33|80TP +1TP per post. [continuing thirst for power mission]

*continue flashback*

Tomomi's work orders refused to relent this day. Usually he only needed to make one or two tools or weapons before they allowed him to return to his room and rest. This time, the items required of him were sabres. The specifications described a weapon much like a fencing blade, but with a blade more resembling that of a regular sword. In this way, it was much sturdier than the typically elastic fencing swords, but still light and possessing a guard on the short handle. It shouldn't be especially difficult to construct such a blade. The quantity requested for new recruits meant that the quality could be slightly lower than usual. While contemplating his plan for mass-producing such weapons, he fanned the flame of the fire thoroughly.

This time, instead of iron he was given ingots of steel for the weapons. His experience with steel was somewhat limited, but other than the higher required temperature, it shouldn't be too different from the iron he was more comfortable with. Just then the fire reached the heights of the heat required for his efforts. He then placed the steel into the forge, where he left it sit for nearly a half hour, continuously fanning the fire as he waited. Eventually the steel was the correct orange hue he imagined would allow the malleability he required. He took the blacksmithing tongs, and gently removed the lump of steel from the flame.

He placed the steel onto the anvil, where it hissed as the hot metal touched the cool surface. He grabbed the hammer, and while using the tongs to hold one end of the steel, he struck it. He struck the metal mightily, as it was much sturdier than the iron he typically dealt with. The sound of the hammer could be heard echoing throughout the facility. Sparks flew as the lump of metal fell into shape. It was now much longer, and horizontal than before. Nearly entirely flush with the surface of the anvil, the steel was ready to be folded. He left one end of the steel unhammered, as he intended for that piece to be the handle of the blade.

tags

[Dr. Neuro, RN]

+11 tp

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Technical Path III
Rank: "A"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: User's Technical Path increases their Crafting Time and allows the user to craft Masterwork items without extra cost.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: An Artisan that chose the Technical Path learns an ability called Skill Mastery. This allows the user to choose 3 + Impeccable Will Skills, and can have an automatic 100 die roll to determine difficulty Roll, even under the stress of combat or other adverse conditions. Their confidence in their abilities enable them to retain a level head and act steadily even if their lives should be in danger. The user's ability to accelerate progress on items increase to +20 per Class Level to their Crafting Time (This does not stack with Technical Path I and II). Any craftwork that the Artisan does in their chosen Artisan skill is automatically considered a Masterwork without any need to spend extra time for that specific purpose. The default quality of their work is Masterwork. Determining the price of Quality Level items for creating is one level lower than normal. Example: Creating a Superior item will cost as much as a Masterwork item.
Limit: Must be an Artisan. Must know Technical Path II.

44|80TP +1TP per post. [continuing thirst for power mission]

*continue flashback*

He needed to re-heat the metal a few times before he finally had a nearly entirely flat piece of steel, with a lump of steel at one end yet to be worked. He then placed the steel back into the forge, but only for a few moments. This thin piece of steel heated much quicker than the much thicker piece he started with. He brought the piece of steel out of the fire using the blacksmithing tongs, and placed it back onto the anvil. Here, he took a smaller hammer, with a pointed edge, and placed it in the middle of the flattened section of the steel. Then, he hammered a divot into the steel, which he intended to use as a crease to fold the steel. Upon the completion of the crease, he grabbed the steel with the tongs again, and hammered the steel till it began to fold towards itself.

After scraping the impurities off of the folded surface of the steel, he hammered it the rest of the way onto itself. He then returned the steel to the forge to heat it back up, and then brought it back out. He wasn't worried about the quality of the blade, so he only folded it once. Instead choosing to simply hammer the heated steel into the correct lengthened shape, and then moving onto the intended handle of the blade. The handle was much shorter than a katana, so he didn't need much steel for it. The lump he left unforged was then brought to the forge to be heated. Upon reaching the correct temperature, he removed the handle-end of the sword and placed it on the anvil. After hammering the steel for a considerable amount of time, he finally had a piece of metal that looked somewhat like a sword.

The blade was probably full of impurities and weaknesses, but that was fine. Tomo didn't particularly care if the marines swords broke. His mentality seemed to defy that of a typical craftsman, who generally take pride in their work. He had a wooden handle already made and embroidered, which he pushed across the end of the exposed steel handle, and sealed with a wood dowel. The final step in the process was to sharpen both sides of the blade. Because this wasn't a katana, the blade was generally sharp on both sides. He sharpened the blade considerably, noticing many impurity bubbles in the steel as he did so. He ignored them and finished the blade, setting it aside for whoever was going to take it later.

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