Craftsmanship/Magic craftsmanship

[Asiaine]

From your quote:
- Fire, Earth, Wind then the recipe is Craftsmanship
- Lightning, Ice, Water then the recipe is Magic Craftsmanship


But then, Ivory Staff uses:
Fire Crystal, and Wind Shard

This would suggest that the 2 Handed THM Weapon is not magical...


Likewise, THM 1-Handed Wind Brand and Ice Brand use Fire And Wind crystals.

[Mikita]

Small bump on this topic.

From your quote:
- Fire, Earth, Wind then the recipe is Craftsmanship
- Lightning, Ice, Water then the recipe is Magic Craftsmanship

But then, Ivory Staff uses:
Fire Crystal, and Wind Shard

This would suggest that the 2 Handed THM Weapon is not magical...
Likewise, THM 1-Handed Wind Brand and Ice Brand use Fire And Wind crystals.

Good point. I'm still just speculating on this, but trying to work it into the crystal theory, I take it to mean that those items are crafted through physical properties... but this is not necessarily a reflection of their end use by a Thaumaturge/Black Mage?

Thaumaturge items tend to be more life/death/scientific/mechanical and act as vessels to channel the wielder's inner spiritual energies. The items themselves are more physical in nature and require Wind and Fire. Maybe? ^^;


On another note, I am trying to craft a set of Vanya gear which equally require Wind (Craftsmanship(?)) and Lightning (Magical Craftsmanship(?)).

I have Magic Craftsmanship at about 130 and Craftsmanship at about 110, and the Wind element goes unstable much more often than Lightning.

Later I should experiment with some NQ materials and see if raising Craftsmanship instead will result in the Lightning element going unstable more. It would be an interesting test.