Manipulation

[Conradus]

I'm confused by this ability. "Restores 10 points of durability after each step for the next three steps." What counts as a step, what does not?

To use manipulation and steady hand, do you "waste" a step of one or the other? Is it even worth it then?

A step is whenever you do any crafting action. If you use Manipulation, and then do Steady Hand, you will have ten points more of Durability when the Steady Hand finishes, as the Steady Hand didn't consume any Durability. Unless, of course, you're at full Durability. Since you can't go above full Durability, in that case the ten points will be lost. For this reason, you generally don't want to use Manipulation until you're at least twenty points below full Durability. Also, the system checks for whether your synth breaks *before* Manipulation adds ten points. If you're at ten points Durability with Manipulation up, and you do a Basic Touch, your synth will break.