Enchanting - Akami

=Enchanting=

This page is to explain enchanting in detail.

Uses
Enchanting can be used to bestow special effects onto usable items.

Requirements
Enchanting requires 2 things.


 * Concentration Gem
 * Powering Stone

Concentration Gem
A concentration gem is required to focus a powering stone's energy. There are only a few types of gems.


 * Plain
 * Offensive
 * Defensive

Plain
A plain concentration gem has no words before it. It does only the base value on any type of enchantment, but is the cheapest of gems.

Offensive
An offensive concentration gem has the word "Offensive" before it. It increases the effects of offensive enchantments, but decreases effects of defensive enchantments.

Defensive
A defensive concentration gem has the word "Defensive" before it. It increases the effects of defensive enchantments, but decreases effects of offensive enchantments.

Powering Stone
A powering stone is a holding chamber of energies found in creatures. Every time you kill a monster, it increases the power level of the stone. When the stone is at a certain level, you can use it to enchant an item. Some enchanting weaves require special stones with certain power levels. These stones are rarer then most, but allow for faster energy gain and higher level enchantments. After a powering stone is used, the energies get removed and the stone becomes empty.

Quality
Quality is a variable that is affects multiple parts of an enchantment.

Variant Causes
Quality varies because of a few things.


 * Chance
 * Professing
 * Quality of Ingredients

Chance
Quality can change at a random chance. There is a 1/50 chance of reducing the quality by one, and a 1/100 chance of increasing the quality by one.

Professing
If you have selected cooking as one of your professions, it will increase the maximum quality from 40 to 50, and it increases the quality increase chance from 1/100 to 1/25.

Quality of Ingredients
The quality of the ingredients used in making the item is the basis for quality. The average quality used in the original construction is the original quality of the item.

Quality Effects
Quality's fluctuations, in enchanting, affect two things.


 * Enchantment effects
 * Skill gained

Enchantment Effects
An enchantment's effects changes to quality on a 1/3 ratio. That is, 1 point per 3 quality.

Skill Gained
Quality affects the skill exp gained from creating the item, also. The skill exp. increase is on a 1:5 ratio. That is, 1 experience point per 5 quality.

Benefits
Enchanting is beneficial in that it allows you to enchant your own items for less cost.

Cons
One of enchanting's cons is that it is fairly rigid in its effects.

Benefits of Professing
Professing in this skill means that you can use higher leveled weaves and can obtain higher leveled materials.