I've come back after being away awhile and I'm trying to figure out things with my Empath. I thought gaining skill in shifting was primarily dependent upon empathy skill and mech lore? but if I want to choose Alchemy as a career I dont learn any mech lore anymore? So my question is will choosing a career interfere with my ability to learn to shift? I want to learn to do all the shifts.
FHREE
NINEVAH1
Re: learning to shift
10/04/2014 09:04 AM CDT
No idea about the mechanics of shift, but taking a career/hobby doesn't effect anything but the amount of tech slots you get as you gain skill in whatever crafting skill you choose. It may also still give a bonus to making items under that skill too, not sure if that was removed in 3.0.
So you can still learn Mech if you choose a career in Alchemy, and even if you transfer your Mech into Alchemy ranks. Mech learning will not be shut off until Enchanting is trainable, and nothing effects your training of Mech since training it is completely different than training a crafting skill. A big goal of new crafting is to make it so you have to actually make weapons/armor/potions to train those skills instead of folding paper and braiding vines to be the best crafter ever.
So you can still learn Mech if you choose a career in Alchemy, and even if you transfer your Mech into Alchemy ranks. Mech learning will not be shut off until Enchanting is trainable, and nothing effects your training of Mech since training it is completely different than training a crafting skill. A big goal of new crafting is to make it so you have to actually make weapons/armor/potions to train those skills instead of folding paper and braiding vines to be the best crafter ever.
SARKRANIS
Re: learning to shift
10/04/2014 08:18 PM CDT
>>Fhree: I thought gaining skill in shifting was primarily dependent upon empathy skill and mech lore? but if I want to choose Alchemy as a career I dont learn any mech lore anymore? So my question is will choosing a career interfere with my ability to learn to shift? I want to learn to do all the shifts.
Mechanical lore was removed from the shifting system when the skill was split into the five crafting skills (forging, engineering, outfitting, alchemy, and enchanting). Shifting still relies primarily on empathy, but scholarship and appraisal also play a role.
Choosing a crafting career or hobby has no effect on shifting, as it is not part of the crafting system.
The most difficult shift to perform is the age shift. The difficulty of year shifts was reduced in June 2010 when the new aging mechanics were released. Year shifts are now about as difficult as month shifts used to be.
You can find more information (including data points for when people were able to do year shifts) here: https://elanthipedia.play.net/mediawiki/index.php/Shift_ability
>>Fhree: I've come back after being away awhile and I'm trying to figure out things with my Empath.
Welcome back! Feel free to IM me (SarkranisDR) if you have any questions.
Updated information about the current empathic healing system: https://elanthipedia.play.net/mediawiki/index.php/Empath_Healing
Empath spells: https://elanthipedia.play.net/mediawiki/index.php/Category:Empath_Spells
My Empath guide (work in progress): https://elanthipedia.play.net/mediawiki/index.php/Sarkranis%27s_Empath_Guide
"Empathy doesn't make people nice." --GM Armifer
Vote for DragonRealms on Top MUD Sites: http://www.topmudsites.com/vote-DragonRealms.html
Mechanical lore was removed from the shifting system when the skill was split into the five crafting skills (forging, engineering, outfitting, alchemy, and enchanting). Shifting still relies primarily on empathy, but scholarship and appraisal also play a role.
Choosing a crafting career or hobby has no effect on shifting, as it is not part of the crafting system.
The most difficult shift to perform is the age shift. The difficulty of year shifts was reduced in June 2010 when the new aging mechanics were released. Year shifts are now about as difficult as month shifts used to be.
You can find more information (including data points for when people were able to do year shifts) here: https://elanthipedia.play.net/mediawiki/index.php/Shift_ability
>>Fhree: I've come back after being away awhile and I'm trying to figure out things with my Empath.
Welcome back! Feel free to IM me (SarkranisDR) if you have any questions.
Updated information about the current empathic healing system: https://elanthipedia.play.net/mediawiki/index.php/Empath_Healing
Empath spells: https://elanthipedia.play.net/mediawiki/index.php/Category:Empath_Spells
My Empath guide (work in progress): https://elanthipedia.play.net/mediawiki/index.php/Sarkranis%27s_Empath_Guide
"Empathy doesn't make people nice." --GM Armifer
Vote for DragonRealms on Top MUD Sites: http://www.topmudsites.com/vote-DragonRealms.html
