So, do I get this right: A mightly Adept (Essence alchjemist) enchants something like this...

First, she creates an Automated Workshop (Mechanical Mastery level 60). This will remove the need for any assistants in the enchanting process.

Then an item is created with:

• Artificial Intelligence VII (Mechanical Mastery level 75), This will allow the item to know 12 spell lists up to level 50 and 25 skills with up to 150 ranks (2/level, and with around 220 power points).
• Spellcasting (this will allow the item to cast spells).
• Work Stone (Inorganic Skills level 10)

As spell lists, the item will learn several alechmist lists, including Mechanical Mastery. The item will thus be able to create lesser copies of itself, as well as other useful items. All the owner of the item needs to do for that is to provide the material components, in effect reducing the cost to enchant magical items to half the market price (on the long run, when the initial investment of creating the first item has been paid off).

Creating this item would require a mere 93 days, but training it in all those skills and spells will take about a month per skill, so this might be in the three-year range for everything we want. The market cost will be around 7,347 silver pieces plus the wage for such a high level alchemist training it for three years (at probably around 10 sp per day, give or take, that adds 10,950 silver pieces).

Voilá, we have the magidustrial revolution for just under 20,000 silver pieces, or 2,000 gold pieces, or the price of less than 50 large boats (each of which would be able to carry 3.5 tons, so this is not a ship)!


If anyone finds any errors or oversights in the above calculations, please let me know!

So that means a character cannot quick cast (say, 2 APs) two Ice Bolts per round?

Correct. There is an optional rule that allows casting more than one spell per round (at a -50 penalty for spells beyond the first), but that is optional and the text cautions that it can significantly change game balance.

Okay, that is VERY helpful.  I guess I did not see that you are limited to 1 spell and also 1 instant action (without spending APs) per round.

So that means a character cannot quick cast (say, 2 APs) two Ice Bolts per round?

Hello,

I have another monk related question.  So, Leaping 1 on a monk base spell list is a level 1 instant spell that allows instant casting.  For 1 AP you can then leap 50’ horizontally.  So instant cast and then spend 1 of 4 APs to jump.  Got it.

Leaping three allows me to make 3 consecutive leaps.  But, why is that better?  Couldn’t I just cast leaping one, instantly, three times in a row?  I mean yes it would require 3 casting rolls but those aren’t generally too difficult.

What am I missing?  Thanks for any help.

Time to update the timeline. This is what is left to do for Bestiary and for Architect. Almost there.

Bestiary
Bestiary Database - Work Completed
Update Monster Screen for Harp Fantasy - Pending
Update Monsters Database for Harp Fantasy - Pending
Recheck monsters for combat
Recheck monsters for level updates
Create a monster random encounter for bestiary.
Recheck Bestiary for Preferences

Architect
Recheck Architect and retest.
Submit to Beta Team

3.1
Enhancement Idea - Update Items so they can have talents: Holy, Slaying, Imbue with ...
Enhancement Idea - Update combat so that items with talents are now used with all bonuses and criticals implied.